A theoretical model for quiescent coarsening in immiscible polymer blends

AIChE Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2620-2628

  Hu, Guo Hua ^a   Li, Huxi ^a   Feng, Lian Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; SOLUBILITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

INTERFACIAL BOUNDARIES;

POLYMER BLENDS;

COPOLYMER; POLYMER;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036879014     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690481121     Document Type: Article

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