Nucleation in binary polymer blends: Effects of adding diblock copolymers
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Nucleation in binary polymer blends: Effects of adding diblock copolymers
The effects of adding AB diblock copolymers to A/B binary blends on the structure and thermodynamics of critical nuclei are studied using the self-consistent field theory. At a fixed ratio of the amount of the two homopolymers, depending on the degree of polymerization and composition of the diblocks, their addition to the blends can either increase or decrease the nucleation free energy barrie...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Chemical Physics
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0021-9606,1089-7690
DOI: 10.1063/1.1566941