Particle-induced bridging in immiscible polymer blends

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-412

  Thareja, Prachi ^a   Velankar, Sachin ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop clustering; Fumed silica; PDMS; PIB; Spherical monodisperse silica particles

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; SILICA; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 33845421543     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-006-0130-2     Document Type: Article

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