Equilibrium phase behavior of polybutadiene/polyisoprene films: Binodals and spinodals

Macromolecules

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 5158-5169

  Reister, Ellen ^a   Müller, Marcus ^b   Kumar, Sanat K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINODALS; SPINODALS; SURFACE INTERACTION; SURFACE POTENTIAL;

COATINGS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYISOPRENES; POLYMER BLENDS; THIN FILMS;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 21644435263     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0473465     Document Type: Article

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