Microstructural changes of a binary polymer blend in simple shear flow across the phase boundary

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 143-161

  Vlassopoulos, D ^a   Terakawa, T ^b   Fuller, G G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; VORTEX FLOW;

BINARY POLYMER BLEND; HOMOGENIZATION; PHASE BOUNDARY; POLYDIMETHYL SILOXANE; POLYETHYLMETHYL SILOXANE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 0037286225     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1530616     Document Type: Article

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