Concentration fluctuations in miscible polymer blends: Influence of temperature and chain rigidity

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 19, 2014, Pages

  Dudowicz, Jacek ^a   Freed, Karl F ^a   Douglas, Jack F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; BINARY MIXTURES; RIGIDITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPOSITION FLUCTUATIONS; COMPOSITIONAL FLUCTUATIONS; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; KIRKWOOD-BUFF INTEGRALS; LATTICE CLUSTER THEORIES; MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; RANDOM PHASE APPROXIMATIONS; UPPER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84901507346     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4875345     Document Type: Article

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