Morphology development and crystallization behavior of poly(ethylene terephthalate)/poly(trimethylene terephthalate) blends

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1696-1704

  Kim, Geon Seok ^a   Son, Jae Myoung ^a   Lee, Jong Kwan ^a   Lee, Kwang Hee ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Morphology; PET; PTT

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS LAYER; ANNEALING TIME; COMPOSITION RANGES; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CRYSTALLINE TEXTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION MORPHOLOGY; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; GROWTH PATTERNS; INTERLAMELLAR REGION; LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY; LAMELLAR STACK; MELT STATE; MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS; MORPHOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEATION SITES; POLY(TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SMALL-ANGLE LIGHT SCATTERING; SPHERULITE MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TWO-STEP CRYSTALLIZATION;

ETHYLENE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SCATTERING; THERMOANALYSIS; X RAY SCATTERING;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 77955470815     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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