Two glass transitions in miscible polymer blends?

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 24, 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; LATTICE THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BINARY POLYMER BLENDS; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; GENERALIZED ENTROPIES; LATTICE CLUSTER THEORIES; MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; QUANTITATIVE THEORY; TWO GLASS TRANSITION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 84903731179     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4884123     Document Type: Article

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