Polymer blends

Polymer conformation

SANS experiments using deuterium labeled polymers and (nano)fillers are employed to directly measure the conformation of polymers in mixtures and solutions.

Polymer thermodynamics

Phase diagramme of an UCST polymer blend predcited by Flory-Huggins theory

Phase separation of polymer mixtures

AFM of bulk phase separated critical and off-critical polymer mixtures

AFM topography of phase separated TMPC/PS blends

2D scattering images of spinodal decomposition of polymer mixture

 

  Small angle scattering of partially miscible polymer mixture under non-equilibrium conditions