Stress relaxation behavior of co-continuous PS/PMMA blends after step shear strain

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 355-367

  Lv, Yadong ^a   Huang, Yajiang ^a   Kong, Miqiu ^a   Zhu, Hong ^a   Yang, Qi ^a   Li, Guangxian ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co continuous; Immiscible blend; Morphology; Rheology; Stress relaxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876094925     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-013-0696-4     Document Type: Article

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