Phase Field Approach to Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Phase Separation and Crystallization of Polypropylene Isomers and Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Terpolymer Blends

Polyolefin Blends

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 473-497

  Matkar, Rushikesh A ^a   Kyu, Thein ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline polymer blends; Liquid liquid phase separation; Nucleation growth mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890716780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470199008.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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