Branching and higher order structure in banded poly(vinylidene fluoride) spherulites

Polymer Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 905-909

  Toda, Akihiko ^a   Taguchi, Ken ^a   Hikosaka, Masamichi ^a   Kajioka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branching; Poly(vinylidene fluoride); Spherulites

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCES; BAND SPACINGS; BANDED SPHERULITES; BRANCHING; FORMATION MECHANISMS; GROWTH FRONTS; HIGHER ORDERS; LAMELLAR CRYSTALS; OPTICAL-; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); SPHERULITES; SQUARE ROOTS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 55549120540     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1295/polymj.PJ2007191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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