Spherulitic morphology and crystallization kinetics of melt-miscible blends of poly(vinylidene fluoride) with poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-209

  Chiu, Hsiu Jung ^a   Huang, Jieh Ming ^b   Don, Trong Ming ^c  

^a TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Van Nung University   (Taiwan)

^c TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crystallization kinetics; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate); Poly(vinylidene fluoride); Spherulitic morphology

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MELTING POINT; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

BLEND COMPOSITIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE (CT); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (PHOTO-DSC); MISCIBLE BLENDS; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY (POM); POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE) (PHB); POLY(VINYLIDENE DIFLUORIDE) (PVDF); POLY--3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE (PHB); POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE (PVDFF); SPHERULITIC GROWTH RATE; SPHERULITIC MORPHOLOGIES; TEMPERATURE REGIONS;

CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS;

EID: 46949112018     PISSN: 15606686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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