Miscibility of polyolefin blends from a Born-Green-Yvon lattice model in conjunction with small scale simulations
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The large variation in miscibility of blends of polyolefins is related to the architecture of the chain molecules. In this paper we present first results of an approach in which small scale simulations of local interactions are combined with an analytical model for the thermodynamics, the Born-Green-Yvon lattice model, to predict phase diagrams of polyolefin blends from the pure component properties. @S1063-651X~99!05102-8#
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