Liquid phase demixing in ferroelectric/semiconducting polymer blends: An experimental and theoretical study

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1255-1262

  Michels, Jasper J ^a   Van Breemen, Albert J J M ^a   Usman, Khurram ^a   Gelinck, Gerwin H ^a  

^a HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ferroelectricity; modeling; partially fluorinated polymers; phase separation

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DOMAIN SIZE; BLEND COMPONENTS; BLEND SOLUTION; COARSENING PROCESS; COMMON SOLVENTS; DE-MIXING; DIFFUSE INTERFACE; DOMAIN GROWTH; DOMAIN SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; FLORY-HUGGINS; FLUORENES; FLUORINATED POLYMERS; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; LIQUID PHASE; MATRIX; NANO DOMAIN; NANO-PHASE; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; PHASE MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATED MORPHOLOGY; PROCESSING CONDITION; SOLUTION-CAST; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME FRAME;

FERROELECTRICITY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; LIQUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE INTERFACES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS); SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; STATISTICS; STYRENE; THIOPHENE;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 79960993954     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.22289     Document Type: Article

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