Crystallization of Polymers

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
A Unifying Scheme for Polymer Crystallization with Wider Implications for Phase Transformations....Pages 1-16
Asymmetries and Chirality in Polyolefin Crystal Structure and Morphology....Pages 17-23
The Structure of Polymers Crystallized in the Bulk....Pages 25-37
Kinetics of the Phase Transitions in Semicrystalline Polymers and Polymer Liquid Crystals....Pages 39-50
Nonintegral and Integral Folding Crystal Growth in Low Molecular Weight Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Fractions....Pages 51-62
“Self-Poisoning” of Crystal Growth Faces in Long Alkanes and Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Fractions....Pages 63-72
The Crystallization Behavior of Long Chain N-Alkanes and Low Molecular Weight Polyethylenes....Pages 73-79
Growth, Nucleation and Thickening Rate Minima in Long Linear Alkanes....Pages 81-86
Raman Scattering from Longitudinal Acoustic Modes (LAM) of Crystalline Oligomers....Pages 87-105
Lamellae in Melt-Crystallized Polymers....Pages 107-117
Structure and Growth of Polymer Single Crystals as Illuminated by Morphological Observations....Pages 119-134
The Re-Entry of Disordered Phases in a Crystalline Polymer (Poly-4-Methyl Pentene-1)....Pages 135-140
Growth Kinetics of Polyethylene Single Crystals....Pages 141-152
Melting of Polymer Crystals....Pages 153-158
The Current Status of Crystallization and Morphology Poly-(Phosphazenes)....Pages 159-176
Morphology, Chain Folding and C-LC Transitions in Liquid Crystal Polymer Single Crystals....Pages 177-188
Polymer liquid crystals-liquids or crystals....Pages 189-203
Crystallization and Gelation in the System iPS/CIS-Decalin and Intermediate Phases....Pages 205-235
Unsolved Problems of Crystallization and Melting of Flexible Macromolecules....Pages 237-248
Computer Simulation of Polymer Crystallization....Pages 249-255
Modelling of the Isothermal Crystallization of Engineering Polymers....Pages 257-262
Influence of Stereochemical Defects on Polymer Crystallization....Pages 263-266
Polymorphism in Stereoregular Polymers -Structure and Solvent Effect-....Pages 267-276
Lamellar Structure and Morphology of Odd Nylon Crystals....Pages 277-282
Polymorphism and Morphologies of Linear and Macrocyclic Poly(Oxymethylene)....Pages 283-299
Effects of Chemical Microstructure on Regimes in Polymer Crystallization....Pages 301-311
Crystallization Process of Polymers: Adsorption and Annealing....Pages 313-322
The Crystallization Behaviour of Rod-Like Macromolecules....Pages 323-330
Lamellar Thickening Growth of an Isolated Extended Chain Single Crystal of PE....Pages 331-336
The Influence of Latent Heat Release on Polymer Morphology....Pages 337-343
The Morphology and Growth of Paraffin Crystals with Different Structures....Pages 345-350
Electron Diffraction Analysis of Linear Polymers — The Use of Direct Methods for Phase Determination....Pages 351-356
Observation of Oligomers, Polymers, and Their Crystals by Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopy....Pages 357-373
Conformational Changes in Polyethylene by Annealing or Deformation....Pages 375-380
Crystallization of Multicomponent Polymer Systems....Pages 381-402
Studies of the Mechanism of Crystallization by Means of WAXS and SAXS Employing Synchrotron Radiation....Pages 403-414
Time-Resolved X-Ray Studies of Crystallization and Melting in Poly(ARYL Ether Ether Ketone)....Pages 415-420
Scattering Studies of the Crystallization of Polymers and their Blends....Pages 421-435
The Lamellar Morphology of Poly-Ether-Ketone (PEK) Copolymers....Pages 437-442
X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Polymorphism in Poly(ARYL Ether Ketones)....Pages 443-448
On Radiation Effects in Peek....Pages 449-454
On the Origin of Multiple Melting Endotherms of Poly(Ethylene) Single Crystals....Pages 455-462
Nucleation Of Polymer Crystals with Internal Structure....Pages 463-474
Crystallization Behaviour at High Cooling Rates of Two Polypropylenes....Pages 475-480
Crystallization in A-B copolymers with short crystallizable sequence lengths. A Monte Carlo simulation....Pages 481-502
Temperature Evolution of the Structure of the Thermotropic Co-Polyester: Poly[(Phenyl-P-Phenylene)-Co-(Terephtalate)-Co-(P-Hydroxybenzoate)]....Pages 503-508
Fractionated Crystallization Phenomenon in Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate)/Poly (Ethylene Oxide) Blends....Pages 509-514
Crystallization Behaviour of Oriented Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate)....Pages 515-520
Crystallisation Kinetics of Polyorganosiloxanes with Different Modified Units....Pages 521-526
Syndiotactic Polystyrene Based Blends: Crystallization and Phase Structure....Pages 527-532
Crystallization and Phase Structure of Copolymers of Propylene with Diene Grafted with Polystyrene and Polymetylmethacrylate....Pages 533-538
Crystallization Kinetics and Morphology of the Poly (Ethylene Oxide) P Nitrophenol Crystalline Complex: The WLF Factor....Pages 539-542
Thermal annealing of stretched Poly(aryl ether ether ketone)....Pages 543-547
Morphology and crystallization kinetics of the two allotropic forms of the poly(ethylene oxide)-resorcinol molecular complex....Pages 549-552
Crystal Structure and Annealing Behaviour of Nylon 46 Copolymer Fibres....Pages 553-558
Crystallization of Thermotropic Main-Chain Liquid-Crystalline Copolyesters....Pages 559-564
Growth Rate of Polyethylene Crystals from Xylene Solution at very High Supercooling....Pages 565-569
Quantitative Evaluation of PP Spherulite Nucleation on the Carbon Fibre Surfaces from the Early Stage Growth Kinetics....Pages 571-576
Isothermal Crystallisation of Biaxially Oriented Poly (Ethylene Terephthalate) Film....Pages 577-580
Analysis of the Spherulitic Growth Rate of Poly(Pivalolactone) in Blends with Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride)....Pages 581-586
Thermotropic Liquid Crystals in Peo/Collagen Solution Blends....Pages 587-592
Reconsideration of Molecular Transport Term in Polymer Crystallization....Pages 593-598
β-Modification of Polypropylene and Its Two-Component Systems....Pages 599-608
Interspherulitic Limits and Transformation between the β and α Forms of the Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Resorcinol Molecular Complex....Pages 609-612
Structural Study on the Chiral Nylon-3, Poly(3,3-Ethyl Phenyl-2-Azetidinone)....Pages 613-618
Description of Peek Semi-Crystalline Morphology....Pages 619-624
Epitaxy and Crystal Polymorphism of Isotactic Polybutene-1....Pages 625-629
Back Matter....Pages 631-653