Investigation of the Rheological and Mechanical Properties of a Polystyrene-Polyisobutylene-Polystyrene Triblock Copolymer and Its Blends With Polystyrene

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 243-253

  Antony, Prince ^a,c   Puskas, Judit E ^a   Kontopoulou, Marianna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c 3M Canada Company   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS;

ORDER DISORDER TRANSITION (ODT); TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 0346978564     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10021     Document Type: Article

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