Semicrystalline blends of polyethylene and isotactic polypropylene: Improving mechanical performance by enhancing the interfacial structure

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 108-121

  Chaffin, Kimberly A ^a   Bates, Frank S ^a   Brant, Patrick ^b   Brown, Gary M ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; TOUGHNESS;

ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; METALLOCENE; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0033883097     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(20000101)38:1<108::AID-POLB14>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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