Structure and rheology of di- and triblock copolymers of polystyrene and poly(n-butyl acrylate)

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 379-400

  Jullian, Nicolas ^a   Rubatat, Laurent ^a   Gerard, Pierre ^b   Peyrelasse, Jean ^a   Derail, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b ARKEMA   (France)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Morphology; Poly(n butyl acrylate); Pressure sensitive adhesives; Rheology

Indexed keywords

ALL-ACRYLIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BUTYL ACRYLATES; DISPERSITY; KEY PARAMETERS; METHYL METHACRYLATES; MODEL FORMULATION; NITROXIDE-MEDIATED CONTROLLED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLY(N-BUTYL ACRYLATE); PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; MOLAR MASS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PEELING; PLASTIC ADHESIVES; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 79960298694     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3544590     Document Type: Article

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