Mesophases in polyethylene, polypropylene, and poly(1-butene)

Polymer

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4639-4662

  Androsch, René ^a   Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura ^b   Schick, Christoph ^c   Wunderlich, Bernhard ^d,e,f  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Istituto di Chimica e Tecnologia dei Polimeri   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium; Mesophase; Metastability; Molecular motion; Phase transition; Poly(1 butene); Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Structure; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; GLASS TRANSITION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYETHYLENES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MESOPHASES; METASTABILITIES; MICROMETER DIMENSIONS; MOBILE AMORPHOUS FRACTIONS; MOLECULAR MOTIONS; MULTI-PHASE STRUCTURES; POLIES (1-BUTENE); STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 77956929114     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.07.033     Document Type: Review

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