Fracture behavior at partially miscible polymer interfaces

Polymer Engineering and Science, May, 2004 by Russell E. Gorga, Balaji Narasimhan

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RUSSELL E. GORGA(1) and BALAJI NARASIMHAN*

Department of Chemical Engineering

Iowa State University

2035 Sweeney Hall

Ames, IA 50011-2230

(1) Current address: Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139.

*To whom all correspondence should be addressed.