Crystallization of graft copolymers 1. Graft chains miscible with main chains

Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 482-488

  Takeshita, Hiroki ^a   Sasagawa, Gen'ichiro ^a   Takenaka, Katsuhiko ^a   Miya, Masamitsu ^a   Shiomi, Tomoo ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Graft chain; Poly(methyl methacrylate) graft poly(ethylene glycol)

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; BLEND COMPOSITION; DEGREES OF CRYSTALLINITY; G-VALUES; GRAFT CHAINS; HOMOPOLYMER BLENDS; HOMOPOLYMERS; MAIN CHAINS; MELTING TEMPERATURES; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE)-GRAFT-POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL); SURFACE FREE ENERGY;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COPOLYMERIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESTERS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 77953640796     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2010.24     Document Type: Article

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