Morphologies and structures in poly(l-lactide-b-ethylene oxide) copolymers determined by crystallization, microphase separation, and vitrification

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 885-902

  Huang, Shaoyong ^a   Li, Hongfei ^a   Jiang, Shichun ^b   Chen, Xuesi ^a   An, Lijia ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Microphase separation; Morphology; Poly(l lactide b ethylene oxide) copolymer; Structure; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING PROCESS; COPOLYMER FILMS; CRYSTALLINE MORPHOLOGIES; GLASS STATE; IN-PROCESS; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; MELT STATE; MICRO-PHASE; MICROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES; NANO-METER SCALE; PLLA; POLY(L-LACTIDE-B-ETHYLENE OXIDE) COPOLYMER; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; ETHYLENE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; VITRIFICATION;

MICROPHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 80051593633     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-011-0518-8     Document Type: Article

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