Morphology and porosity of poly(vinylbenzyl chloride) beads containing styrene-ethylene, butylene-styrene triblock copolymer

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-17

  Conway, Vicki L ^a,b   Zhang, Li ^a,c   Seitz, W Rudolf ^a  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kraton G1652; Morphology; Polymer swelling; Polystyrene; Porosity

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; CROSSLINKING; MORPHOLOGY; POLYBUTENES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); SWELLING;

LIGHTLY CROSSLINKED POLYMERS; POLYVINYLBENZYL CHLORIDE BEADS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0031268602     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(97)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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