Competition of phase dissolution and crystallization in poly(ε-caprolactone)/poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) blend

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-341

  Svoboda, Petr ^a   Svobodova, Dagmar ^a   Chiba, Tsuneo ^b   Inoue, Takashi ^c  

^a TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Crystallization; Phase dissolution; Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; MELTING POINT; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 38549149863     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2007.11.032     Document Type: Article

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