Ev. Rusinova et Sa. Vshivkov, PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN POLYMER BLENDS INDUC ED BY MECHANICAL FIELD, Vysokomolekularnye soedinenia. Seria A, 39(10), 1997, pp. 1602-1610
The results of experimental and theoretical investigations of the infl
uence of mechanical stresses on the phase transitions in polymer-polym
er systems possessing lower and upper critical solution temperatures a
nd featuring crystalline phase separation are summarized. The mechanis
m of the effects of shear and tensile stress fields on the position of
boundary curves (binodals, liquidus) is considered.