Flow-induced crystallization regimes and rheology of isotactic polypropylene: Effects of molecular architecture

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 655-666

  Vega, Juan F ^a,b   Hristova, Denka G ^a   Peters, Gerrit W M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Crystallization regimes; Dynamical mechanical spectroscopy; Linear and branched polypropylene

Indexed keywords

3-DIMENSIONAL; ABSOLUTE VALUES; BRANCHED POLYMER; BRANCHED POLYPROPYLENE; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW INDUCED; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; LINEAR POLYMERS; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC; MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; MECHANICAL SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; RELAXATION AFTER DEFORMATION; SHEAR CONDITIONS; STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; TIME-SCALES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYPROPYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

EID: 75149190344     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-009-0516-3     Document Type: Article

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