Selected Publications from 1996

• W. Brostow, and J. Walasek, Statistical Thermodynamics of Polymer Liquid Crystals: Competition Between Energetic and Entropic Effects, J. of Chem. Phys., 105, 4367.
• W. Brostow, and J. Walasek, Polydisperse Polymer Liquid Crystals Near the Anisotropic-Isotropic Transition, Macromol. Theory & Simul. 1996, 5, 1151.
• W. Brostow, J. Kubát and M.J. Kubát, Mechanical Properties, Chapter 23 in Polymer Handbook, ed. J.E. Mark, American Institute of Physics Press, Woodbury, NY, 1996.
• W. Brostow, Polymer Liquid Crystals and their Blends, Chapter 33 in Polymer Handbook, ed. J.E. Mark, American Institute of Physics Press, Woodbury, NY, 1996.
• N.A. D'Souza, W. Brostow, A.C. Ramamurthy, Y. Wang, R.L. Thomas and L.D. Favro, Mechanics of Failure of Plastics by Thermal Imaging Examination of a Thermoplastic Polypropylene + EPDM Blend, Polymer Eng. & Sci. 1996, 36, 194.
• W.Brostow, N.A. D'Souza, H. Galina and A.C.Ramamurthy, Nonisothermal Thermophysical Evaluation of a Polypropylene + Polypropylene + Ethylene Propylene Diene (EPDM) Blend, Polymer Eng. & Sci. 1996, 36, 1101.
• J. Klotz, W. Brostow, M. Hess, and W.S. Veeman, Epoxy and Glass Composites in Water Studied With ²H-NMR, Polymer Eng. & Sci. 1996, 36, 1129.
• W. Brostow, M. Hess, and B.L. López, Blends of Longitudinal Polymer Liquid Crystal with Polycarbonate: Relation of the Phase Diagram to Mechanical Properties, Polymer. 1996, 37, 1551. [pdf file]
• W. Brostow, T. Sterzynski, and S. Triouleyre, Rheological Properties and Morphology of Binary Blends of a Longitudinal Polymer Liquid Crystal with Engineering Polymers, Polymer. 1996, 37, 1561. [pdf file]
• H.-E. Carius, a. Schönhals, D. Guigner, T. Sterzynski, and W. Brostow, Dielectric and Mechanical Relaxation in the Blends of a Polymer Liquid Crystal with Polycarbonate, Macromolecules. 1996, 14, 5017.[pdf file]