Spherulite growth rate and fold surface free energy of the form II mesophase in isotactic polybutene-1 and random butene-1/ethylene copolymers

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1479-1485

  Stolte, Isabell ^a   Androsch, René ^a   Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Butene 1 ethylene random copolymers; Crystal surface free energy; Hoffman Lauritzen theory of crystallization; Polybutene 1; Spherulite growth rate

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CHAINS; COPOLYMERS; FREE ENERGY; GLASS TRANSITION; SURFACE DEFECTS;

CRYSTAL SURFACES; HOFFMAN-LAURITZEN THEORIES; POLYBUTENE-1; RANDOM COPOLYMER; SPHERULITE GROWTHS;

ETHYLENE;

ALKANE; BUTENE 1; COPOLYMER; ETHYLENE; POLYBUTENE 1; SPHERULITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENERGY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84902346214     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-014-3221-0     Document Type: Article

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