Orientational Phenomena in Polymers

Orientation mechanisms in the development of high-performance fibers....Pages 1-7
Orientation and chain relaxation of amorphous polymers and compatible polymer blends....Pages 8-22
Lamellar morphologies in uniaxially-drawn banded spherulites of polyethylene....Pages 23-31
Formation of highly oriented films by epitaxial crystallization on polymeric substrates....Pages 32-38
Structural basis of high-strength high-modulus polymers....Pages 39-51
Transformations of defect structure of polymers during drawing....Pages 52-59
Orientation in networklike polymer systems. The role of extremum principles....Pages 60-80
Chain extension and orientation: Fundamentals and relevance to processing and products....Pages 81-102
New developments in the production of high modulus and high strength flexible polymers....Pages 103-110
Lamellar morphology of polydiacetylene thin films and its correlation with chain lengths....Pages 111-119
The ultimate toughness of polymers. The influence of network and microscopic structure....Pages 120-128
Synthesis, characterization and relaxation of highly organized side-chain liquid crystalline polymers....Pages 129-134