From heterogeneous to homogeneous nucleation of isotactic poly(propylene) confined to nanoporous alumina

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1671-1675

  Duran, Hatice ^a,b   Steinhart, Martin ^c   Butt, Hans Jürgen ^a   Floudas, George ^d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TOBB UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

calorimetry; constrained crystallization; isotactic polypropylene; nanoporous alumina; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED CRYSTALLIZATION; CRITICAL NUCLEUS SIZE; DESIGN CRITERION; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; NANOPOROUS ALUMINA; POLYMERIC NANOFIBERS; PORE DIAMETERS; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER;

CALORIMETERS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; PROPYLENE; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYPROPYLENES; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79954520055     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl200153c     Document Type: Article

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