The unphysical pinning of the domain growth during the separation of homopolymer blends near the spinodal

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5802-5808

  Fiałkowski, Marcin ^a   Hołyst, Robert ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; FREE ENERGY; FREEZING; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHASE SEPARATION; QUENCHING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HOMOPOLYMER BLENDS; MESOSCOPIC MODELS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 11144356348     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1649731     Document Type: Article

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