Simulation of Binodal and Spinodal Curves of Phase State Diagrams for Binary Polymer Systems

Anatoly E Chalykh1, Uliana V Nikulova1, Vladimir K Gerasimov1

  • 1Laboratory of Structural and Morphological Investigations, Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCE RAS), Leninsky pr. 31-4, 119071 Moscow, Russia.

Polymers
|July 9, 2022
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