Unexpected Shish-Kebab structure in a sheared polyethylene melt

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Hsiao, Benjamin S ^a   Yang, Ling ^a   Somani, Rajesh H ^a   Avila Orta, Carlos A ^a   Zhu, Lei ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENE MELT; POLYMER PROCESSING; X-RAY DATA;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRYSTALLIZATION; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SYNCHROTRONS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 18044374288     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.117802     Document Type: Article

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