Polymers coalesced from their cyclodextrin inclusion complexes: What can they tell us about the morphology of melt-crystallized polymers?

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 813-823

  Gurarslan, Alper ^a   Joijode, Abhay S ^a   Tonelli, Alan E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cyclodextrin; inclusion chemistry; morphology; solid state structure; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

CAPROLACTONE; CDS; CRYSTALLINE REGIONS; ENTANGLEMENT NETWORKS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROPHOBIC CAVITIES; HYDROXYL GROUPS; INCLUSION CHEMISTRY; INCLUSION COMPLEX; INCLUSION COMPOUNDS; NANO-SIZE; NYLON-6; POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE CHAINS; POLYMER CHAINS; RAPID TRANSFORMATIONS; SEMICRYSTALLINES; SOLID-STATE STRUCTURES; SOLUTION-CAST; SPECTRA FIBERS; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WATERSOLUBLE;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CYCLODEXTRINS; LACTIC ACID; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER MELTS; SPINNING (FIBERS); TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 84860801323     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23074     Document Type: Review

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