Correlations between the free-volume properties and the miscibility of chitosan/polar polymers blend membranes

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1062-1068

  Minfeng, Zeng ^a   Xudong, Sun ^a   Yun, Wang ^a   Xiandong, Yao ^a   Huiquan, Xiao ^a   Baoyi, Wang ^b   Chenze, Qi ^a  

^a SHAOXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Blends; Free volume; Miscibility; Positron annihilation

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; ELECTRONS; FREE VOLUME; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS;

BLEND MEMBRANES; BLEND SYSTEM; FREE VOLUME PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN INTERACTION; INTERFACIAL ZONES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; VOLUME CONCENTRATION;

SOLUBILITY;

CHITOSAN; HYDROGEN; MACROGOL; POLYMER; POVIDONE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESTRUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MISCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE; VISCOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 54049107308     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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