X-ray study of crystallization of random copolymers of propylene and 1-butene via a mesophase

Polymer

Volumn 51, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5212-5220

  Mileva, Daniela ^a   Androsch, René ^a   Funari, Sergio S ^b   Wunderlich, Bernhard ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Mesophase; Poly(propylene ran 1 butene)

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CHAINS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYPROPYLENES; PROPYLENE; QUENCHING; SUPERCOOLING; X RAY SCATTERING;

CRYSTALLINE PHASE; KINETICALLY CONTROLLED; MESOPHASE FORMATION; MESOPHASES; POLY(PROPYLENE-RAN-1-BUTENE); RANDOM COPOLYMER; SEMICRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES; SUPERCOOLED LIQUID STATE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 77957862158     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.08.062     Document Type: Article

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