Morphology of cold-crystallized polyamide 6

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 290, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 971-978

  Mileva, Daniela ^a   Kolesov, Igor ^a   Androsch, René ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold crystallization; Crystal morphology; Polyamide 6

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; COLD CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGIES; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYAMIDE 6; SLOW HEATING; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

MORPHOLOGY;

GLASS; POLICAPRAM; POLYAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COOLING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MELTING POINT; MICROSCOPY; POLARIZING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864259671     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-012-2657-3     Document Type: Article

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