Multiwalled-carbon-nanotube-induced miscibility in near-critical PS/PVME blends: Assessment through concentration fluctuations and segmental relaxation

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 8633-8646

  Xavier, Priti ^a   Bose, Suryasarathi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELASTICITY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); POLYMER BLENDS; SOLUBILITY;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY; CALORIMETRIC GLASS TRANSITION; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY; EVOLUTION OF MORPHOLOGIES; LOCAL SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84880539398     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404610w     Document Type: Article

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