Dissipative particle dynamics and flory-huggins theories for predicting the rheological behavior of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene blends

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 11369-11379

  Gai, Jing Gang ^a,b   Hu, Guo Hua ^b,c   Li, Hui Lin ^a   Zhu, Shi Peng ^a   Hoppe, Sandrine ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINODAL CURVES; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS SIMULATION; FLORY-HUGGINS THEORY; HIGH SHEAR RATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; OPTIMUM COMPOSITION; PROCESSING AIDS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SHEAR RATES; UHMW-PE; VISCOSITY REDUCTION;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; THERMOPLASTICS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 78449278207     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie100959f     Document Type: Article

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