Does conventional nucleation occur during phase separation in polymer blends?

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1793-1809

  Balsara, Nitash P ^a,b   Rappl, Timothy J ^a   Lefebvre, Amy A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blends; Neutron scattering; Nucleation; Phase separation; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BLENDS; SCATTERING PROFILES; STABILITY LIMIT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEATION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYOLEFINS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VECTORS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 2542421697     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.20055     Document Type: Article

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