Basic rheological features of block polyurethane solutions: Entanglements, crystallization, and gelation

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 313-325

  Florez, Sonia ^a   Muñoz, María Eugenia ^b   Santamaría, Anton ^b  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GELATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

2-BUTANONE; BLOCK POLYURETHANE; THERMOREVERSIBLE GELS;

POLYURETHANES;

EID: 27444444876     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1822932     Document Type: Article

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