The mystery of clustering in macromolecular media

Polymer

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5293-5297

  Hammouda, Boualem ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering; Polymer solvation; Small angle neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; MACROMOLECULES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SOLVATION;

CLUSTERING; CLUSTERING EFFECT; HYDROPHOBIC GROUPS; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; INTERCHAIN INTERACTIONS; POLYMER SOLVATION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

NEUTRON SCATTERING;

CROSS LINKING; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDE; POLYMER SOLUTION; RESEARCH (ACADEMIC); WATER;

EID: 70349770680     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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