THE WETTING TRANSITION FOR POLYMER MIXTURES

Authors
JONES RAL
Citation
Ral. Jones, THE WETTING TRANSITION FOR POLYMER MIXTURES, Polymer, 35(10), 1994, pp. 2160-2166
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Polymer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00323861
Volume
35
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2160 - 2166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-3861(1994)35:10<2160:TWTFPM>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The location of the wetting transition in symmetric polymer blends is calculated as a function of the degree of incompatibility and the diff erence in surface energy between the pure components, using mean-field (square-gradient) theory, coupled with a lattice model for the bare s urface energy. The conditions for second-order wetting are discussed.