Probing phase-separation behavior in polymer-blend microparticles: effects of particle size and polymer mobility

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 7183-7189

  Barnes, M D ^a   Ng, K C ^a   Fukui, K ^b   Sumpter, B G ^a   Noid, D W ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; EVAPORATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLVENTS;

MICRODROPLETS; MICROPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0033204693     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma990846r     Document Type: Article

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