Explanation for the inversion of an UCST phase diagram to a LCST diagram in binary polybutadiene blends

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 26, 2000, Pages 9777-9781

  Dudowicz, Jacek ^a   Freed, Karl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COPOLYMERS; MACROMOLECULES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYBUTADIENES; TEMPERATURE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BINARY POLYBUTADIENE BLENDS; LATTICE CLUSTER THEORY; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; UPPER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTION ENERGIES;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0034498780     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma001363m     Document Type: Article

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