On perpendicular and tilted chains in lamellar crystals

Journal of Macromolecular Science - Physics

Volumn 42 B, Issue 3-4 SPEC., 2003, Pages 915-927

  De Silva, D S M ^a   Zeng, Xiang Bing ^a   Ungar, Goran ^a   Spells, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deuterated hydrocarbons; FTIR; Long n alkanes; Morphology; Polyethylene; Polymer crystals; SAXS

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTALLIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MELTING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PARAFFINS; POLYETHYLENES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; X RAY SCATTERING;

EXTENDED CHAIN CRYSTALS; LAMELLAR CRYSTALS; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DISORDER; SURFACE DISORDER; TILTED CHAINS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT;

EID: 0041428210     PISSN: 00222348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/mb-120021615     Document Type: Article

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