Monodisperse macromolecules - A stepping stone to understanding industrial polymers

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 447-464

  Mykhaylyk, Oleksandr O ^a   Fernyhough, Christine M ^a   Okura, Masayuki ^a   Fairclough, J Patrick A ^a   Ryan, Anthony J ^a   Graham, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branched architectures; Crystal nucleation; Flow induced crystallization; Hydrogenated polybutadiene; Polyolefins

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE MEASUREMENTS; BRANCHED ARCHITECTURE; BRANCHED POLYETHYLENES; CRYSTAL NUCLEATION; CRYSTALLISATION; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOURS; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGENATED POLYBUTADIENE; INDUSTRIAL POLYMERS; LONG CHAIN BRANCHING; LONG CHAINS; MONODISPERSE; MONODISPERSE MACROMOLECULES; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; STEPPING STONE; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; HYDROGENATION; NUCLEATION; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79953169111     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.09.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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