Influence of stiffness, monomer structure, and energetic asymmetries on polymer blend miscibilities: Applications to polyolefins

Macromolecules

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7279-7295

  Foreman, K W ^a   Freed, Karl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYOLEFINS; SOLUBILITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ENERGETIC ASYMMETRY; LATTICE CLUSTER THEORY; PHASE BEHAVIOR; POLYISOBUTYLENE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0031269922     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma970337u     Document Type: Article

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