| Preface | |
| 1 | Monte Carlo simulation of polymer mixtures: recent progress | 1 |
| 2 | Lattice cluster theory for pedestrians: models for random copolymer blends | 11 |
| 3 | Chemically induced phase separated morphologies in epoxy resin-hyperbranched polymer blends | 17 |
| 4 | The influence of elongational flow on association rate and phase behaviour of binary polymer blends | 23 |
| 5 | Simulations of microphase separation in crosslinked polymer blends | 31 |
| 6 | New approaches to statistical thermodynamics of blends containing copolymers | 37 |
| 7 | Ginzburg number and phase behavior of binary polymer blends in pressure fields | 43 |
| 8 | Phase behaviour of SMA/PMMA blends: the influence of processing at low and high deformation rates | 53 |
| 9 | Differences of interaction parameter of a PS/PEO homopolymer blend and diblock copolymer in comparison to other systems | 63 |
| 10 | Shear flow effects on phase behavior and morphology in polymer blends | 69 |
| 11 | Shear induced mixing/demixing: blends of homopolymers, of homopolymers plus copolymers and blends in solution | 75 |
| 12 | Influence of the elasticity ratio on the point of phase inversion in an immiscible polymer blend | 81 |
| 13 | Two kinds of nanoscale dynamic heterogeneity in single-phase polymer blends and their common origin | 87 |
| 14 | Blends of block copolymers | 93 |
| 15 | Macrophase-separation in binary blends of symmetric polystyrene-polybutadiene diblock copolymers | 99 |
| 16 | Dynamic light scattering from ternary polymer blends: critical behavior and bicontinuous microemulsions | 107 |
| 17 | Phase behaviour of blends with mesophase components | 113 |
| 18 | Light scattering and image analysis studies in polymer blends | 119 |
| 19 | Morphologies and miscibilities of polypropene with random poly(ethene-co-l-butene) | 125 |
| 20 | Investigation of properties of compatibilized TPU/SAN blends | 131 |
| 21 | Kinetics of flow-induced coalescence and form relaxation in polymer blends as studied by rheo small angle light scattering | 137 |
| 22 | Epoxy-diamine thermoset/thermoplastic blends: thermoset reactions and rheological evolutions during curing | 145 |
| 23 | Manifestation of spinodal decomposition in oscillatory shear measurements | 151 |
| 24 | Competition between breakup and coalescence of droplets in polymer blends containing a compatibilizer | 157 |
| 25 | Shear influences on polymer blends: experimental, theoretical approaches and technical implications | 165 |
| 26 | Morphology development and control in immiscible polymer blends | 171 |
| 27 | Plastic deformation of polyamide 6/polypropylene-g-acrylic acid blends | 185 |
| 28 | Rheological behaviour of VPVC/RPVC blends | 191 |
| 29 | Adhesion promotion through controlled surface modifications | 197 |
| 30 | Reactive compatibilization of SAN/EPR blends: Effect of the kinetics of the compatibilization reaction on the interfacial adhesion | 207 |
| 31 | The influence of segmented block copolymers in immiscible poymer blends | 219 |
| 32 | Reactive compatibilization of polyolefin/PET blends by melt grafting with glycidyl methacrylate | 225 |
| 33 | Influence of interfacial reaction on morphology in modified PP/PS blends | 231 |
| 34 | A new bifunctional coupling agent: synthesis and model reactions | 237 |
| 35 | Fracture of polymer interfaces: what are the relevant length scales? | 245 |
| 36 | Structures of P(S-block-BMA) diblock copolymers in thin films | 257 |
| 37 | Effective [chi] and surface segregation in blends of star and linear polystyrene | 263 |
| 38 | Surface segregation in polymer blends of minimal difference in the components surface free energy | 269 |
| 39 | Wetting transition in polyolefin blends studies by profiling techniques | 277 |
| 40 | Surface structure analysis of thin dewetted polymer blend films | 283 |