Rheological and morphological study of cocontinuous polymer blends during coarsening

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1315-1334

  López Barrón, Carlos R ^a   MacOsko, Christopher W ^b  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarsening; Cocontinuous; Polymer blends

Indexed keywords

BLEND VISCOSITIES; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CO-CONTINUOUS STRUCTURE; COCONTINUOUS; DEGREE OF ANISOTROPY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; INHERENT INSTABILITY; INITIAL VALUES; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LANGMUIRS; LIMIT BEHAVIOR; LINEAR RELATION; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; OSCILLATORY SHEAR FLOW; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; SMALL AMPLITUDE; SMALL-AMPLITUDE OSCILLATIONS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

COARSENING; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; RHEOLOGY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 84867022474     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.4739067     Document Type: Article

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