Compatibility studies of polystyrene and poly(vinyl acetate) blends using electrostatic force microscopy

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1332-1338

  Kummali, Mohammed M ^a,b   Schwartz, Gustavo A ^b   Alegría, Angel ^a,b   Arinero, Richard ^c   Colmenero, Juan ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

^d DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

compatibility; electrostatic force microscopy; local dielectric mapping; poly(vinyl acetate); polystyrene

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; BLEND THIN FILMS; COMPATIBILITY; COMPOSITIONAL INFORMATION; DIELECTRIC PERMITTIVITIES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LOCAL DIELECTRICS; MATRIX; PHASE-SEPARATION PROCESS; SMALL ISLAND; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; GLASS TRANSITION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 80051739919     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.22301     Document Type: Article

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