Chain folding in poly(ε-caprolactone) studied by small-angle X-ray scattering and Raman spectroscopy. A strategy for blending in the crystalline state

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1059-1063

  Berrill, Susan A ^a   Heatley, Frank ^a   Collett, John H ^a   Attwood, David ^a   Booth, Colin ^a   Fairclough, J Patrick A ^b   Ryan, Anthony J ^b,f   Viras, Kyriakos ^c   Dutton, Amanda J ^d   Blundell, Ross S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Solvay Interox Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e Sanofi Winthrop   (United Kingdom)

^f DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; MACROGOL; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG CONFORMATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0032978869     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a808718k     Document Type: Article

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