Control of nanostructural dimension by crystallization in a double-crystalline syndiotactic poly(4-methyl-1-pentene)- block -poly(l -lactide) block copolymer

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 33, 2014, Pages 19402-19414

  Chiang, Yeo Wan ^a   Huang, You Wei ^a   Huang, Shih Hung ^a   Huang, Pei Sun ^b   Mao, Yung Cheng ^b   Tsai, Chih Kuang ^b   Kang, Chin Shuo ^b   Tasi, Jing Cherng ^b   Su, Chun Jen ^c   Jeng, U Ser ^c,d   Tseng, Wen Hsien ^e  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHAINS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GLASS; TERPOLYMERS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLIZABLE BLOCKS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; DIMENSIONAL CHANGES; HOMEOTROPIC ORIENTATION; POLY(4-METHYL-1-PENTENE); SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; THERMAL REVERSIBILITY; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 84906539632     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504976s     Document Type: Article

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