Evolution of concentric spherulites in crystalline-crystalline poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) copolymers

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3937-3946

  Liu, Qingsheng ^a,b   Zhu, Meifang ^a   Deng, Bingyao ^b   Tung, Chia Hsin ^c   Shyr, Tien Wei ^c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concentric spherulite; Crystalline crystalline PHBV b PEG block copolymer; Spherulite growth rate; Spherulitic template

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRIC SPHERULITE; CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS; MELT CRYSTALLIZATION; POLARIZED MICROSCOPE; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYVALERATE); PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPHERULITE GROWTHS; SPHERULITIC TEMPLATE;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 84888371825     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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