Spherulite crystallization in poly(ethylene oxide)-silica nanocomposites. Retardation of growth rates through reduced molecular mobility

Polymer Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 876-881

  Waddon, Alan John ^a   Petrovic, Zoran S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Constraint; Crystallization; Mobility; Nanocomposites; Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO); Spherulite

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SILICA; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

CRYSTALLINITY; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINT; GROWTH RATE; INTERFACIAL SURFACE AREA; MOLECULAR MOBILITY; POLYMER CHAINS; SPHERULITIC CRYSTALLIZATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0036998822     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1295/polymj.34.876     Document Type: Article

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