Emulsions have gained significant importance in many industries including foods,
pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, health care formulations, paints, polymer blends and oils …

The majority of materials used for short‐term and disposable packaging application are non‐
biodegradable which are not satisfying the demands in environmental safety and …

In this book the reader can find an outline about a variety of methods and techniques,
together with many landmark references. At the end of each of the 13 chapters a small …

For vitrimer systems obtained by dynamic cross-linking of polymer chains, incompatibility
effects between the cross-links and polymer backbone can lead to microphase separation …

We review theories and experiments on the effects of shear in fluids undergoing phase
transitions. We put emphasis on near-critical fluids and polymer solutions as representative …

Polylactide (PLA) has inherent shortcomings that limit its widespread application: brittleness,
slow crystallization rates, low melt strength and thermal instability during melt processing. In …

Recent developments in off-lattice self-consistent-field theories for inhomogeneous complex
fluids are reviewed. Particular emphasis is given to the treatment of intermolecular …

This paper summarizes recent experimental studies of flow-induced coalescence of viscous
drops in a viscous fluid in the absence of inertial effects. These studies are based on visual …

Research into the compatibilization of immiscible polymer blends has, during the past few
years, begun to focus on the role of block co-polymers (bcp) on various morphological …

The effect of copolymers on the breakup and coalescence of polybutadiene (PB) drops in
polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is studied using a four-roll mill flow cell. Copolymers are …