Analysis of morphology development in immiscible Newtonian polymer mixtures during shear flow

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 781-797

  Deyrail, Y ^a   El Mesri, Z ^a   Huneault, M ^b   Zeghloul, A ^c   Bousmina, M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d HASSAN II ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Emulsion model; Light scattering; Morphology; Polymer blends; Rheology

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEWTONIAN FLOW; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR VISCOSITY; SOLUBILITY;

EMULSION MODELS; MORPHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; POLYISOBUTENE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 34548260323     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2748782     Document Type: Article

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