Cocontinuity in immiscible polymer blends: A gel approach

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 149-160

  Castro, Mickael ^a   Prochazka, Frédéric ^a   Carrot, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GELATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; RHEOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

CRITICAL COMPOSITIONS; IMMSCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; SUPERMOLECULAR STRUCTURES;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 30344453909     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1835341     Document Type: Article

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