Small angle X-ray scattering investigation of norbornene-terminated syndiotactic polypropylene and corresponding comb-like poly(macromonomer)

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 117, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 10320-10333

  Auriemma, Finizia ^a   De Rosa, Claudio ^a   Di Girolamo, Rocco ^a   Silvestre, Amelia ^a   Anderson Wile, Amelia M ^b   Coates, Geoffrey W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION PROPERTIES; LAMELLAR MORPHOLOGY; MULTIMODAL DISTRIBUTIONS; NANOPHASE SEPARATION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SYNDIOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE; SYNDIOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE (SPP); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

CHAINS; LAMELLAR STRUCTURES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCATTERING; X RAY SCATTERING;

MONOMERS;

EID: 84883683717     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp404394y     Document Type: Article

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