Microstructural changes of a binary polymer blend in simple shear flow across the phase boundary. Vlassopoulos, D, Terakawa, T, & Fuller, G. Journal of Rheology, 47(1):143–161, 2003.
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The influence of shear flow on the microstructure of a partially miscible binary polymer blend, both in the homogeneous pretransitional and in the phase separated regions, was studied. Data were obtained in both the flow/gradient and flow/vorticity planes by using both Couette and parallel plate flow cells. Shear suppressed the pretransitional anisotropic concentration fluctuations yielding homogenization. In the late stages of the spinodal decomposition, the anisotropic deformation of the spinodal ring and its relaxation upon cessation depend on the distance from the critical point. The detection of scattering patterns with butterfly shape, due to the coupling of fluctuations with the flow, signified the onset of instabilities.
@article{vlassopoulos_microstructural_2003,
	Abstract = {The influence of shear flow on the microstructure of a partially miscible binary polymer blend, both in the homogeneous pretransitional and in the phase separated regions, was studied. Data were obtained in both the flow/gradient and flow/vorticity planes by using both Couette and parallel plate flow cells. Shear suppressed the pretransitional anisotropic concentration fluctuations yielding homogenization. In the late stages of the spinodal decomposition, the anisotropic deformation of the spinodal ring and its relaxation upon cessation depend on the distance from the critical point. The detection of scattering patterns with butterfly shape, due to the coupling of fluctuations with the flow, signified the onset of instabilities.},
	Author = {Vlassopoulos, D and Terakawa, T and Fuller, G.G.},
	Journal = {Journal of Rheology},
	Number = {1},
	Pages = {143--161},
	Title = {Microstructural changes of a binary polymer blend in simple shear flow across the phase boundary},
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	Volume = {47},
	Year = {2003},
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