Long term phase separation dynamics in liquid crystal-enriched microdroplets obtained from binary fluid mixtures

M Patel, S Shimizu, MA Bates, A Fernandez-Nieves… - Soft Matter, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The dynamics of long term phase separation in binary liquid mixtures remains a subject of
fundamental interest. Here, we study a binary liquid mixture, where the minority phase is …

Inhibition of phase separation in aerosolized water-soluble polymer–polymer nanoparticles at small sizes and the effects of molecular weight

EJE Ott, MA Freedman - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2020 - ACS Publications
The effects of confinement on the phase separation behavior of polymer–polymer mixtures
have been frequently studied in morphologies such as thin films and rods, but little research …

Phase stability condition and liquid–liquid phase separation under mesoscale confinement

S Shimizu, N Matubayasi - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2021 - Elsevier
Here we establish the thermodynamic phase stability condition under mesoscale
confinement, which is essential in elucidating how the confinement of solutions inside a …

Electroluminescent devices based on cross-linked polymer blends

LD Bozano, KR Carter, VY Lee, RD Miller… - Journal of applied …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
We report the electrical and optical properties of two-component blends of electron and hole
transporting materials in single and bilayer structures for organic light emitting diode (OLED) …

Increases in Miscibility of a Binary Polymer Blend Confined within a Nanoparticle Packing

A Neuman, S Zhang, D Lee, RA Riggleman - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Despite various physical and chemical strategies that have been explored, compatibilization
of polymer blends has proved elusive. Confinement of polymers has shown to induce …

Influence of lateral confinement on phase separation in thin film polymer blends

BZ Newby, RJ Composto - Macromolecules, 2000 - ACS Publications
Thin films of polymer blends are molded into strips for investigating the influence of lateral
confinement on phase separation. The strip has a width and thickness of 17 μm and 1.0 μm …

Three-dimensional observation of phase-separated silica-based gels confined between parallel plates

K Kanamori, K Nakanishi, K Hirao, H **nai - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
Methyl-siloxane gel and silica gel with co-continuous structure derived from
methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) and tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) were synthesized in two …

Quenching of capillary waves in composite wetting films from a binary vapor: An x-ray reflectivity study

RK Heilmann, M Fukuto, PS Pershan - Physical Review B, 2001 - APS
We report x-ray reflectivity measurements of the internal structure of thin wetting films formed
on a silicon substrate from the vapor of a binary mixture of methylcyclohexane (MC) and …

Phase separation in methylsiloxane sol-gel systems in a small confined space

K Kanamori, N Ishizuka, K Nakanishi, K Hirao… - Journal of sol-gel …, 2003 - Springer
The organo-siloxane gel with co-continuous structure derived from methyltrimethoxysilane
(MTMS) was synthesized in a confined space between parallel plates by inducing spinodal …

Surface energy inducing asymmetric phase distribution in films of a bynary polymeric blend

M Bertoldo, MB Coltelli, L Miraglia, P Narducci… - Polymer, 2005 - Elsevier
The phase morphology of blends of low density polyethylene (PE) with low molecular weight
copolyamide (CPA) was investigated in films having 50–100μm thickness. Films were …