Scaling law for the liquid to soft solid transition kinetics in a block copolymer melt

N. P. Balsara, W. O. Kim, J. H. Lee, M. Y. Chang, B. A. Garetz, M. C. Newstein, S. S. Patel

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Abstract

Experimental data for the kinetics of order formation in a polystyrene-polyisopropene block copolymer melt is presented, limiting the attention to small quench depths, ε. The temperature dependence of molecular mobility was obtained from independent rheological measurements. The ε dependence of the rate of growth of ordered domains dl/dt was demonstrated, after correcting for changes in molecular mobility, exhibits power law behavior, with an exponent of about 2.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAmerican Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry
PublisherACS
Pages1007
Number of pages1
Volume40
Edition2
StatePublished - 1999

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Polymers and Plastics

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