Modification of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene copolymer microstructure by polystyrene homopolymer and evolution of a cocontinuous blend morphology

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2559-2572

  Raha, Sumanta ^a   Kao, Nhol ^a   Bhattacharya, Sati N ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STYRENE; X RAY SCATTERING;

BLEND MORPHOLOGY; COPOLYMER MICROSTRUCTURES; COUNTER ROTATING; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING; POLYSTYRENE HOMOPOLYMERS; RICH PHASE; STYRENE COPOLYMERS; STYRENE ETHYLENE BUTYLENE STYRENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; TWIN SCREW EXTRUDERS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 84869498519     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.23217     Document Type: Article

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