Confinement effects on the crystallization of poly(ethylene oxide) nanotubes

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 12296-12303

  Maiz, Jon ^a   Martin, Jaime ^a   Mijangos, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIZED ALUMINUM OXIDE; CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NANOCONFINEMENTS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL POLYMERS; PORE WALL; RADIAL COMPONENT; SURFACE NUCLEATION; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; NUCLEATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84865457704     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la302675k     Document Type: Article

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