Interface properties and bubble nucleation in compressible mixtures containing polymers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5480-5496

  Müller, Marcus ^a   MacDowell, L G ^a   Virnau, P ^a   Binder, K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISPERSIONS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEATION; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS;

POLYMER MIXTURES;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 0037106435     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1497636     Document Type: Article

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