Multi-scale model for binary mixtures containing nanoscopic particles

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 104, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 3411-3422

  Balazs, Anna C ^a,b   Ginzburg, Valeriy V ^a   Qiu, Feng ^a   Peng, Gongwen ^a   Jasnow, David ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ANISOTROPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACROMOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTICS FILLERS; POLYMER BLENDS;

HARD PARTICLES;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 0033733597     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp993356+     Document Type: Article

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