Segmental mobility in the non-crystalline regions of semicrystalline polymers and its implications on melting

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 826-839

  Rastogi, Sanjay ^a,b,c   Yao, Yefeng ^c,d   Lippits, Dirk R ^b   Höhne, Günther W H ^b   Graf, Robert ^c   Spiess, Hans Wolfgang ^c   Lemstra, Piet J ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Lamellar; Melting point; NMR; Polyethylene (PE)

Indexed keywords

CHAIN DYNAMICS; CHAIN MOBILITY; CRYSTAL SUBSTRATES; CRYSTALLINE REGIONS; DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS; LAMELLAR; MELT STATE; MELTING BEHAVIOR; MELTING PROCESS; NMR; NMR SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERISATION; SEGMENTAL MOBILITY; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; SEMICRYSTALLINE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; UHMW-PE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMERS; SCANNING; STEELMAKING; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMOPLASTICS;

MELTING POINT;

EID: 66249140576     PISSN: 10221336     EISSN: 15213927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200900025     Document Type: Article

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