Effect of Molecular Orientation on the Cold Crystallization of Amorphous-Crystallizable Polymers: The Case of Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 17920-17926

  Vasanthan, Nadarajah ^a   Manne, Naga Jyothi ^a   Krishnama, Anusha ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVRAMI EQUATIONS; AVRAMI EXPONENT; COLD CRYSTALLIZATION; COLD CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; NONISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; POLY(TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILM GROWTH; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84890751377     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie402860t     Document Type: Article

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