Phase behaviour and separation kinetics of polymer blends

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 198-203

  Das, N C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phase separation; Polymer blends; Upper critical solution temperature

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROGENATION; KINETICS; MICROSCOPES; NUCLEATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES;

GROWTH MECHANISMS; LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NUCLEATION MECHANISM; OPTICAL MICROSCOPES; PHASE SEPARATION KINETICS; PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; POLYPROPYLENE BLENDS; SEPARATION KINETICS; UPPER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE;

PHASE SEPARATION;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; UPPER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893762553     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12110     Document Type: Article

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