Interfacial elasticity and coalescence suppression in compatibilized polymer blends

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 143-158

  Van Hemelrijck, Ellen ^a   Van Puyvelde, Peter ^a   Velankar, Sachin ^b,c   Macosko, Christopher W ^b   Moldenaers, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMISCIBLE BLENDS; INTERFACIAL ELASTICITY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COALESCENCE; DROP FORMATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR FLOW; SOLUBILITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 1642383819     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1634987     Document Type: Article

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