Structures and growth mechanisms of poly-(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) crystallized from solution and thin melt film

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 853-858

  Cao, QiKun ^a   Qiao, XiaoPing ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Liu, JiePing ^a  

^a HUAIBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Banded spherulite; Lamellar twisting; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate); Rhythmic crystal growth

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; FILM GROWTH; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MECHANISMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

BANDED SPHERULITE; BANDED SPHERULITES; CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS; FORMATION MECHANISMS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; LAMELLAR TWISTING; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE); POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION; RHYTHMIC CRYSTAL GROWTH;

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT;

EID: 49749149110     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-008-0093-5     Document Type: Article

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