Mean-field and Ising critical behavior of a polymer blend
- 13 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 58 (15), 1544-1546
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.58.1544
Abstract
The critical fluctuations of a polymer blend (PVME/d-PS) were investigated by neutron small angle scattering. A mean-field behavior was observed, except in a region very close to the critical temperature where a transition to an Ising-like behavior occurs. The width of this region is T-≃2.4 K for a mixture with average molecular weights of 89 000 (PVME) and 232 000 (d-PS).
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