Tailoring the rigid amorphous fraction of isotactic polybutene-1 by ethylene chain defects

Polymer

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 6132-6139

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

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Isotactic polybutene 1; Random copolymers; Rigid amorphous fraction

Indexed keywords

BUTENES; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; FREE ENERGY; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CHAIN SEGMENTS; CRYSTAL FRACTION; CRYSTALLINE-AMORPHOUS INTERFACES; ISOTACTIC POLYBUTENE-1; RANDOM COPOLYMER; RIGID AMORPHOUS FRACTION (RAF); RIGID-AMORPHOUS FRACTION; TEMPERATURE OF CRYSTALLIZATION;

ETHYLENE;

EID: 84908402503     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.09.040     Document Type: Article

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