Abstract
Kinetics of phase separation at air/polymer interface in a binary polymer mixture on evaporation of common solvent is studied. The lateral dimension of the highly anisotropic, pancake-like, minority phase increases with a growth exponent of 2/3 identical to 'late-stage' growth under (classical) thermal-quench at interface. In contrast to the thermal-quench, during drying the kinetics depends on the initial condition (i.e., initial concentration, c0) that is rescaled to obtain a master-curve.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 93-101 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings |
Volume | 461 |
State | Published - 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Proceedings of the 1996 MRS Fall Meeting - Boston, MA, USA Duration: Dec 2 1996 → Dec 6 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering