Porosity enhancement in β nucleated isotactic polypropylene stretched films by thermal annealing

Polymer

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2577-2589

  Offord, Grant T ^a   Armstrong, Shannon R ^b   Freeman, Benny D ^a   Baer, Eric ^b   Hiltner, Anne ^b   Swinnea, John S ^a   Paul, Donald R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Pore formation; Thermal annealing; crystalline polypropylene

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MICROPOROSITY; PORE SIZE;

BIAXIAL STRETCHING; BIAXIALLY STRETCHED FILMS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; MICRO POROUS MEMBRANES; MICROPOROUS POLYMERS; PORE FORMATION; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84876418708     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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