Welding behavior of semicrystalline polymers. 1. The effect of nonequilibrium chain conformations on autoadhesion of UHMWPE

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3075-3080

  Xue, Y Q ^a   Tervoort, T A ^b   Lemstra, P J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; FRACTURE; MELTING; MORPHOLOGY; WELDING;

ADHESIVE FRACTURE ENERGY; SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS;

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0032485675     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma970544u     Document Type: Article

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