On the stability of the nematic order observed during the cold-crystallization of PET

Polymer Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 910-914

  Abe, Akihiro ^a   Furuya, Hidemine ^b   Hiejima, Toshihiro ^a   Nishiyama, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold crystallization; Nematic conformation; Poly(ethylene terephthalate); RIS analysis; Spinodal decomposition

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FORMING; GLYCOLS; MICROPHASE SEPARATION; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION;

AMORPHOUS STATES; COLD-CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLINE STATES; DO-MAINS; ISOTROPIC LIQUIDS; MODEL COMPOUNDS; MOMENT MEASUREMENTS; NEMATIC CONFORMATION; NEMATIC LC; NEMATIC LIQUIDS; NEMATIC ORDERS; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); PRIMARY CRYSTALS; RIS ANALYSIS; ROTATIONAL ISOMERIC STATES; SPINODAL; TRANS CONFORMATIONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 55549111595     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1295/polymj.PJ2007204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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