Formation and reorganization of the mesophase of random copolymers of propylene and 1-butene

Polymer

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1107-1115

  Mileva, Daniela ^a   Androsch, René ^a   Zhuravlev, Evgeny ^b   Schick, Christoph ^b   Wunderlich, Bernhard ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast scanning chip calorimetry; Mesophase; poly(propylene ran 1 butene)

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROPYLENE;

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; CONTINUOUS HEATING; CRITICAL HEATING RATE; FAST SCANNING; MESOPHASE FORMATION; MESOPHASES; POLY(PROPYLENE-RAN-1-BUTENE); THERMODYNAMIC DRIVING FORCES;

BUTENES;

EID: 79751528644     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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