Crystallization of poly(ε-caprolactone) blocks confined in crystallized lamellar morphology of poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-polyethylene copolymers: Effects of polyethylene crystallinity and confinement size

Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 436-443

  Sakurai, Takuya ^a   Nagakura, Hikaru ^a   Gondo, Satoru ^a   Nojima, Shuichi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

crystal orientation; crystalline crystalline diblock copolymer; crystallization behavior; lamellar morphology

Indexed keywords

CAPROLACTONE; CRYSTALLINE-CRYSTALLINE DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DIBLOCKS; LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; POLYETHYLENES; RIGIDITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84877254841     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2012.164     Document Type: Article

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