Entropic Phase Separation in Polymer-Microemulsion Networks

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Zilman, A ^a   Kieffer, J ^b   Molino, F ^b   Porte, G ^b   Safran, S A ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMULSION; POLYMER;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; ENTROPY; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EMULSIONS; ENTROPY; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERS;

ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

DILUTE DROPLETS; ENTROPIC PHASE SEPARATION; TELECHELIC POLYMERS;

MICROEMULSIONS;

EID: 18744425181     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.015901     Document Type: Article

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