Elasticity dominated surface segregation of small molecules in polymer mixtures
(2016)
Journal Article
Krawczyk, J., Croce, S., McLeish, T., & Chakrabarti, B. (2016). Elasticity dominated surface segregation of small molecules in polymer mixtures. Physical Review Letters, 116(20), Article 208301. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.116.208301
We study the phenomenon of migration of the small molecular weight component of a binary polymer mixture to the free surface using mean field and self-consistent field theories. By proposing a free energy functional that incorporates polymer-matrix e... Read More about Elasticity dominated surface segregation of small molecules in polymer mixtures.