Morphology and crystal structure of CTFMP and bulk polymerized poly(trimethylene terephthalate)

Polymer

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 7181-7195

  Yang, J ^a   Sidoti, G ^a   Liu, J ^a   Geil, P H ^a   Li, C Y ^b   Cheng, S Z D ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Confined thin film melt polymerization; Crystal structure; Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; THIN FILMS;

CHAIN LAMELLAR;

POLYMERS;

POLY(TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); POLYESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FILM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0343338224     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(01)00044-1     Document Type: Article

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