Effect of polydispersity on the phase behavior of polystyrene (PS)/poly (vinyl methyl ether) (PVME)

Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part B: Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2140-2149

  Li, Liping ^a   Huang, Yajiang ^a   Yang, Qi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

isothermal; miscibility; nonisothermal; phase morphology; phase separation; polydispersity

Indexed keywords

CLOUD POINTS; CO-CONTINUOUS STRUCTURE; CRITICAL COMPOSITION; DISPERSED PHASE; ISOTHERMAL; LATE STAGE; METHYL ETHERS; MISCIBLE BLEND; MONODISPERSE; NETWORK STRUCTURES; NONISOTHERMAL; PHASE MORPHOLOGY; PHASE-SEPARATION PROCESS; POLY(VINYL METHYL ETHER); POLYDISPERSES; QUENCH DEPTHS; SPHERICAL DROPLETS; THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ETHERS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYSTYRENES; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 84863034689     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: 1525609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222348.2011.562791     Document Type: Article

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