Towards maximal cell density predictions for polymeric foams

Polymer

Volumn 52, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5622-5629

  Kim, Yeongyoon ^a   Park, Chul B ^b   Chen, P ^a,c   Thompson, Russell B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classical nucleation theory; Polymeric foams; Self consistent field theory

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FORECASTING; FREE ENERGY; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NUCLEATION;

ACTIVATION BARRIERS; CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; FREE ENERGY DENSITY; HIGH CELL DENSITY; INTERNAL INTERFACES; POLYMERIC FOAMS; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 80455122650     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.09.046     Document Type: Article

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