Rigid amorphous fraction and melting behavior of poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 292, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1365-1374

  Righetti, Maria Cristina ^a   Laus, Michele ^b   Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura ^c  

^a AREA DELLA RICERCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chain mobility; Interphase; Rigid amorphous fraction; Temperature modulated calorimetry

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

CHAIN MOBILITY; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; INTERPHASE; ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); RIGID-AMORPHOUS FRACTION; TEMPERATURE-MODULATED CALORIMETRY;

MORPHOLOGY;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEATING; MELTING POINT; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84902352969     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-014-3198-8     Document Type: Article

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