Ffast transient fluorescence technique to study critical exponents at the glass transition

Phase Transitions

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 543-556

  Kaya, Demet ^a   Pekcan, Önder ^a   Yilmaz, Yaşar ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Critical exponents; Fast transient fluorescence technique; Gelation; Percolation

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERIZATION; CROSSLINKING; GELATION; GLASS TRANSITION; MONOMERS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); STYRENE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VISCOSITY;

CRITICAL EXPONENTS; FAST TRANSIENT FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES; MONOMERIC SYSTEMS;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 22944476396     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141159031000085714     Document Type: Article

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