Dynamics of phase separation in polymer blends revisited: Morphology, spinodal, noise, and nucleation

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 263-273

  Fialkowski, Marcin ^a   Holyst, Robert ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nucleation; Phase separation; Pinning; Polymer blend; Spinodal decomposition

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; IMAGE QUALITY; ISOMERS; NUCLEATION; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEPARATION;

DO-MAINS; DOMAIN GROWTHS; HOMOPOLYMER BLENDS; MESOSCOPIC DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGICAL MEASURES; PINNING; RESCALING; RESCALING FUNCTIONS; SPATIAL COORDINATES; SPATIAL VARIABLES; SPINODAL;

SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 55349107263     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.200800020     Document Type: Article

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