Epitaxially dominated crystalline morphologies of the y-Phase in isotactic polypropylene

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4758-4768

  Cao, Yan ^a,b   Van Horn, Ryan M ^a   Tsai, Chi Chun ^a   Graham, Matthew J ^a   Jeong, Kwang Un ^c   Wang, Bojie ^a   Auriemma, Finizia ^d   De Rosa, Claudio ^d   Lotz, Bernard ^e   Cheng, Stephen Z D ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM; CHAIN ORIENTATION; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; CRYSTAL SIZE; CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGIES; DARK FIELD; FOLDED CHAIN; FORMATION MECHANISM; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ISOTHERMAL GROWTH; NEEDLE-LIKE; NEEDLE-LIKE CRYSTALS; ORTHORHOMBIC LATTICES; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; STEM LENGTH; STEREODEFECTS; TEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; UNIT CELLS; ZONE AXIS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL MEMBRANES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FILM GROWTH; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLES; OLIGOMERS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYPROPYLENES; PUMPING PLANTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMOPLASTICS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 67650480997     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma900475h     Document Type: Article

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