New Insights into the Brill Transition in Polyamide 11 and Polyamide 6

Macromolecules

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 564-573

  Pepin, Julie ^a   Miri, Valérie ^a   Lefebvre, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BRILL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL PERFECTION; CRYSTAL POLYMORPH; CRYSTAL TRANSITION; POLYAMIDE 11; POLYAMIDE 6; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; THERMALLY INDUCED;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 84955463963     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01701     Document Type: Article

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