Numerous important industrial applications of polymer blends require both understandings and control of their morphology as well as stability. Polymer materials are seldom used in their pure form. Various filler particles, either intrinsically present during the processing of polymer mixtures or added deliberately, change their macroscopic (e.g. mechanical) properties, and also affect the phase separation of polymer blends. Phase separation can in turn affects the morphology and stability.
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