Stem tilt in r-form single crystals of isotactic polypropylene: A manifestation of conformational constraints set by stereochemistry and minimized fold encumbrance

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3916-3923

  Cao, Yan ^a,b   Van Horn, Ryan M ^a   Sun, Hao Jan ^a   Zhang, Guoliang ^a   Wang, Chien Lung ^a   Jeong, Kwang Un ^c   Auriemma, Finizia ^d   De Rosa, Claudio ^d   Lotz, Bernard ^e   Cheng, Stephen Z D ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; FOLD SURFACE; GAUCHE CONFORMATION; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH-T; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; ISOTACTICS; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; STEM CONFORMATIONS; STEREODEFECTS; TACTICITIES; TRANS CONFORMATIONS;

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; POLYPROPYLENES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THERMOPLASTICS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 79960017793     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma102902y     Document Type: Article

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