A computational study into thermally induced phase separation in polymer solutions under a temperature gradient

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 996-1005

  Lee, Kam Wa D ^a   Chan, Philip K ^b   Feng, Xianshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Polymer solution; Simulations; Spinodal decomposition; Thermally induced phase separation

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037122378     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3919(200211)11:9<996::AID-MATS996>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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