Single-molecule imaging revealing the deformation-induced formation of a molecular polymer blend

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 104, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 5221-5224

  Trabesinger, Werner ^a   Renn, Alois ^a   Hecht, Bert ^a   Wild, Urs P ^a   Montali, Andrea ^a   Smith, Paul ^a   Weder, Christoph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLYETHYLENES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

SOLID-STATE TENSILE DEFORMATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0033728124     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp000213a     Document Type: Article

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