Crystallization behavior and higher-order structure in miscible crystalline/crystalline polymer blends

Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 921-928

  Arai, Fuminori ^a   Shinohara, Kazuya ^a   Nagasawa, Noriaki ^a   Takeshita, Hiroki ^a   Takenaka, Katsuhiko ^a   Miya, Masamitsu ^a   Shiomi, Tomoo ^a  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Crystallization rate; Lamellar structure; Polymer blend; SAXS

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; POLY (VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE)(PVDF); SAXS; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 84883678897     PISSN: 00323896     EISSN: 13490540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pj.2013.5     Document Type: Article

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