Influence of chain architecture on phase behaviour of styrene-(styrene/butadiene)-styrene triblock copolymers and their binary blends

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 537-549

  Thunga, Mahendra ^a,b   Satapathy, Bhabani K ^c   Weidisch, Roland ^a,b   Stamm, Manfred ^b   Sommer, Jens U ^b   Knoll, Konrad ^d  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^d BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co surfactant; Interaction parameter; Order disorder temperature; Rheology; Triblock copolymers

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BUTADIENE; COBALT; COLLOIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; ELASTICITY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; PORT TERMINALS; RHEOLOGY; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); STYRENE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY; X RAY SCATTERING;

ABA TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; BINARY BLENDS; BLOCK COPOLYMER BLENDS; BROAD TEMPERATURE RANGES; CHAIN ARCHITECTURES; CO-SURFACTANT; COMPOSITION FLUCTUATIONS; DIRECT CONTROLS; EXPERIMENTAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; FIELD STRUCTURES; INTERACTION PARAMETER; LOW FREQUENCIES; ORDER-DISORDER TEMPERATURE; ORDERED STRUCTURES; PHASE BEHAVIOURS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; RICH PHASE; SEGREGATION STRENGTHS; STYRENE/BUTADIENE; SURFACTANT EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; TERMINAL FLOWS; TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 58149460649     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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