WETTING BEHAVIOR IN 3-COMPONENT POLYMER BLENDS

Authors
DESAI RC YEUNG C NOOLANDI J
Citation
Rc. Desai et al., WETTING BEHAVIOR IN 3-COMPONENT POLYMER BLENDS, Acta polymerica, 45(5), 1994, pp. 375-377
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Acta polymerica → ACNP
ISSN journal
03237648
Volume
45
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
375 - 377
Database
ISI
SICI code
0323-7648(1994)45:5<375:WBI3PB>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We determine the interfacial properties of a three-component polymer b lend in three-phase coexistence. We discuss how the presence of the th ird component affects the behavior of the interface between two phases . We demonstrate the existence of a wetting transition in which one of the minority phases wets the other. Our results indicate that both fi rst- and second-order wetting transitions occur.