Wetting in a phase separating polymer blend film: Quench depth dependence

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 62, Issue 1 B, 2000, Pages 940-950

  Geoghegan, Mark ^a,b   Ermer, Hubert ^a   Jüngst, Gerald ^a   Krausch, Georg ^b   Brenn, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINARY MIXTURES; DECOMPOSITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; QUENCHING; SURFACE TENSION; THERMAL NOISE; WETTING;

LOGARITHMIC GROWTH; NUCLEAR REACTION ANALYSIS (NRA);

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 0034230279     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.940     Document Type: Article

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