During the last fifty years blending of dissimilar polymers has been a major path to tailor
materials with new properties in industry. Especially in the area of engineering thermoplastic …

In recent years the thermoplastics scene has been considerably enlivened by the
appearance of new polymer blends. Many publications, press releases, company brochures …

Technical and economic considerations have given polymer blends a major share in the
increasing sales of plastics. This applies both to general‐purpose and to the higher value …

The science and technology of polymeric mixtures has attracted much academic and
industrial interest over the last few decades. As a result, the basic rules of blending are now …

A polymer blend is a mixture of two or more polymers that have been blended together to
create a new material with different physical properties. Generally, there are five main types …

This chapter is an overview of the science and technology of high temperature polymer
blends, an area which has become a major topic of scientific investigation in the last two …

The properties of a thermoplastic blend depends on its constituent materials. Properties and
applications vary for each thermoplastic blends, and a number of such materials have been …

The physical approach of blending polymers to develop new or improved polymeric
products has been an extremely active area of academic and industrial research for nearly …

Polymer blends and composites became a central part of polymer science and engineering
because people could make compositions that had properties substantially unattainable …

The phase behavior of multicomponent polymeric materials is a crucial factor in determining
their physical properties and subsequently their utility. For systems forming separate phases …