Characterization of Copolymers and Blends by Quintuple-Detector Size-Exclusion Chromatography

The properties imparted, oftentimes synergistically, by the different components of copolymers and blends account for the widespread use of these in a variety of industrial products. Most often, however, processing and end-use of these materials (especially copolymers) is optimized empirically, due to a lack of understanding of the physicochemical phase-space occupied by the macromolecules. Here, this shortcoming is addressed via a...