Phase ordering and crystallization kinetics in ultrathin poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(methyl methacrylate) blend films

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1008-1016

  Zhu, Jun ^a   Wang, Mingtai ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blends; Crystallization kinetics; Poly(ethylene oxide); Poly(methyl methacrylate); Ultrathin films

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ESTERS; ETHYLENE; FILM GROWTH; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; INSECTICIDES; MIXING; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; OXIDE FILMS; PHASE INTERFACES; POWDERS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

AVRAMI EXPONENTS; BLEND FILMS; BLENDS; DE-MIXING; DIFFUSION-LIMITED PROCESS; FILM INTERFACES; FILM PLANES; HUMID ATMOSPHERES; IN-SITU; PHASE ORDERING; POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

EID: 50249173959     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222340802219420     Document Type: Article

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