Influence of shear in the crystallization of polyethylene in the presence of SWCNTs

Carbon

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4116-4128

  Patil, Nilesh ^a   Balzano, Luigi ^b,c   Portale, Giuseppe ^c,d   Rastogi, Sanjay ^a,b,c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN ORIENTATION; CHAIN RELAXATION; DEBORAH NUMBERS; LINEAR POLYETHYLENE; NEAT POLYMER; NUCLEATING AGENTS; ORIENTED STRUCTURE; POLYMER CHAINS; QUIESCENT CONDITIONS; SHEAR RATES; SHISH-KEBAB STRUCTURES; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TIME-RESOLVED;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); THERMOPLASTICS; X RAY SCATTERING;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

EID: 77956262969     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2010.07.022     Document Type: Article

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