Percolation-to-droplets transition during spinodal decomposition in polymer blends, morphology analysis

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1141-1147

  Demyanchuk, I ^a   Wieczorek, S A ^a   Holyst R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DROP BREAKUP; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; QUENCHING;

BICONTINUOUS NETWORK; PERCOLATION-TO-DROPLET TRANSITION; SCATTERING INTENSITY; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 3242675443     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1760513     Document Type: Article

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