Effect of concentration gradient on the thermal-induced phase separation phenomenon in polymer solutions

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-51

  Chan, Philip K ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLUTIONS;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENT; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION (SD); THERMAL-INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 30744449743     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/14/1/004     Document Type: Article

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