Determination of critical length scales and the limit of metastability in phase separating polymer blends

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 9063-9073

  Lefebvre, A A ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Balsara, N P ^a,b   Vaidyanathan, C ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYBUTENES; REACTION KINETICS;

CAHN-HILLIARD THEORY; METASTABILITY; PHASE SEPARATION KINETICS; SMALL ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0037113107     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1511512     Document Type: Article

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