AFM study of morphological development during the melt-crystallization of poly(ethylene oxide)

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2311-2325

  Schultz, J M ^a,b   Miles, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; Crystal growth; Crystallization; Poly(ethylene oxide); Spherulites

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY;

SCREW DISLOCATIONS; SPHERULITES;

POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

EID: 0032165598     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19980930)36:13<2311::AID-POLB7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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