Evolution of drop size distribution of polymer blends under shear flow by optical sectioning

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 491-501

  Caserta, S ^a   Simeone, M ^a   Guido, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Image analysis; Optical sectioning; Polymer blends; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

DROPLET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POLYMER; SHEAR FLOW; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 8644275467     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-004-0373-8     Document Type: Article

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