Effect of molecular weight on the interfacial excess, tension, and width in a homopolymer/binary polymer blend system

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 870-878

  Genzer, Jan ^a,b   Composto, Russell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COPOLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYSTYRENES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SURFACE TENSION; VOLUME FRACTION;

LOW ENERGY FORWARD RECOIL SPECTROMETRY (LE FRES); SELF CONSISTENT FIELD (SCF) MODEL;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0032000480     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma970993u     Document Type: Article

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