Surface segregation of conformationally asymmetric polymer blends
, 2006 We have generalized the Edwards' method of collective description of dense polymer systems in terms of effective potentials to polymer blends in the presence of a surface.
A. Cavallo +7 more
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Electrolyte effects on polyacrylic acid-polyvinylpyrrolidone aqueous glycol mixtures for use as de-icing fluids [PDF]
, 2016 Rheological and wind tunnels measurements are presented for mixtures of polymers polyacrylic acid [PAA] and polyvinylpyrrolidone [PVP] polymers dispersed in water-1,2 propylene glycol mixture to examine their use as potential aircraft de-icing fluids ...
Hudson, Nicholas E. +3 more
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Thermal and Mechanical Studies of Biofiller/Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate Biocomposites [PDF]
Журнал Сибирского федерального университета: Серия Биология, 2019 Biodegradable poly-3-hydroxybutyrate [P(3HB)] and birch wood flour (as filler) were used to prepare powdered blends and then pellets and granules. Pellets were produced by cold pressing of polymer and filler powders; granules were produced from the ...
Evgeniy G. Kiselev +2 more
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Nucleation in binary polymer blends: A self-consistent field study [PDF]
, 2002 We study the structure and thermodynamics of the critical nuclei in metastable binary polymer blends using the self-consistent field method. At the mean-field level, our results are valid throughout the entire metastable region and provide a smooth ...
Wang, Zhen-Gang, Wood, Stephen M.
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Absence of Structural Impact of Noble Nanoparticles on P3HT: PCBM Blends for Plasmon Enhanced Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Probed by Synchrotron Grazing Incidence X-Ray Diffraction [PDF]
, 2014 The incorporation of noble metal nanoparticles, displaying localized surface plasmon resonance, in the active area of donor-acceptor bulk-heterojunction organic photovoltaic devices is an industrially compatible light trapping strategy, able to guarantee
Alsari, Mejd +4 more
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Polycaprolactone/Polytetrahydrofuran Supramolecular Polymer Blends: Mechanical and Thermal Properties [PDF]
علوم و تکنولوژی پلیمر, 2012 Application of supramolecular polymer blending in preparation of materialswith adjustable mechanical properties is addressed. It is anticipated that the microstructure and properties of polymer blends are drastically controlled by the inter-molecular ...
Ali Abaszadeh +3 more
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Density Functional Theory for Block Copolymer Melts and Blends
, 2004 We derive an expression for the free energy of the blends of block copolymers expressed as a functional of the density distribution of the monomer of each block.
Doi, Masao, Uneyama, Takashi
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PLA/PA bio-blends: induced morphology by extrusion [PDF]
, 2019 The effect of processing conditions on the final morphology of Poly(Lactic Acid) (PLA) with bio-based Polyamide 10.10 (PA) 70/30 blends is analyzed in this paper. Two types of PLA were used: Commercial (neat PLA) and a rheologically modified PLA (PLAREx),
Abt, Tobias Martin +6 more
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Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, 2014 One way to modify the properties of polymer systems is to mixture one or more polymer and/or copolymers, i.e., to obtain polymer blends. The aim of this work was to produce polymer blends from a polystyrene matrix with rubber wastes, aiming to study ...
Carlos Bruno Barreto Luna +3 more
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IEEE Access, 2021 This study compares different polymer-nanofiller blends concerning their suitability for application as insulating thermoplastic composites for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable application.
Xiaozhen He +13 more
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