Interrelations between rheology and phase behaviour in partially miscible blends: The case of polydimethylsiloxane/polyethylmethylsiloxane (PDMS/PEMS)

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1057-1064

  Chopra, Divya ^a   Kontopoulou, Marianna ^a   Vlassopoulos, Dimitris ^b   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Partially miscible blends; Phase diagram; Rheology; UCST

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; RHEOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

UPPER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE (UCST);

POLYMER BLENDS;

DIMETICONE;

BLEND; MISCIBILITY; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POLYMER; RHEOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; DISPERSION; DYNAMICS; FLOW KINETICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; SHEAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE; TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037938627     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800607     Document Type: Article

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