Rheological properties and domain structures of immiscible polymer blends under steady and oscillatory shear flows

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1039-1060

  Kitade, Shinichi ^a   Ichikawa, Akihiro ^a   Imura, Naotomo ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiaki ^a   Noda, Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SOLUBILITY; VISCOSITY;

DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; DYNAMIC FREQUENCY SWEEP MEASUREMENT; IMMISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; OSCILLATORY SHEAR FLOW; PALIERNE MODEL;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0031237877     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550871     Document Type: Article

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