Investigation of phase separation in a partially miscible polymer blend by rheology

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1051-1062

  Li, Runming ^a   Yu, Wei ^b   Zhou, Chixing ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Partially miscible; Phase diagram; Phase separation; Polymer blend; Rheology; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; NUCLEATION; PHASE SEPARATION; RHEOLOGY;

BINODAL LINE; DYNAMIC TEMPERATURE; PHASE BOUNDARY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 34548501063     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222340701457519     Document Type: Article

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