Atomic force microscopy imaging of single polymer spherulites during crystallization: Application to a semi-crystalline blend

Polymer

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 5899-5905

  Ivanov, Dimitri A ^a   Nysten, Bernard ^a   Jonas, Alain M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Polymer spherulite; Semi crystalline morphology

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYETHER ETHER KETONES; POLYETHERIMIDES; SUPERCOOLING; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

POLYMER SPHERULITES; SEMICRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGY;

POLYMER BLENDS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

EID: 0032797098     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(98)00812-X     Document Type: Article

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