Thermal fractionation of polymers

AJ Müller, ML Arnal - Progress in polymer science, 2005 - Elsevier
Thermal fractionation techniques offer quick and practical ways to evaluate chain
heretogeneities in semicrystalline thermoplastic materials by employing carefully designed …

DSC isothermal polymer crystallization kinetics measurements and the use of the Avrami equation to fit the data: Guidelines to avoid common problems

AT Lorenzo, ML Arnal, J Albuerne, AJ Müller - Polymer testing, 2007 - Elsevier
In this paper we offer guidelines to adequately fit isothermal polymer crystallization kinetics
data obtained by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) employing the widely used Avrami …

Effect of small amount of ultra high molecular weight component on the crystallization behaviors of bimodal high density polyethylene

S Song, P Wu, M Ye, J Feng, Y Yang - Polymer, 2008 - Elsevier
In order to clarify the effect of high molecular weight component on the crystallization of
bimodal high density polyethylene (HDPE), a commercial PE-100 pipe resin was blended …

Analysis of Ethylene Copolymers with Long-Chain α-Olefins (1-Dodecene, 1-Tetradecene, 1-Hexadecene): A Transition between Main Chain Crystallization and Side …

S Kitphaitun, H Takeshita, K Nomura - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
A series of ethylene copolymers with long-chain α-olefins [LCAOs, 1-dodecene (DD), 1-
tetradecene (TD), 1-hexadecene (HD)] and various LCAO contents were prepared, and their …

Isothermal crystallization kinetics of polymers

AJ Müller, RM Michell… - Polymer Morphology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer crystallization can be described as a phase transition process from the disorder
isotropic melt to the order semicrystalline one. This chapter takes a practical approach to …

Thermal and mechanical analysis of metallocene‐catalyzed ethene–α‐olefin copolymers: The influence of the length and number of the crystallizing side chains

C Piel, P Starck, JV Seppälä… - Journal of Polymer …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Copolymers of ethene and 1‐octene, 1‐dodecene, 1‐octadecene, and 1‐hexacosene were
carried out with [Ph2C (2, 7‐di‐tertBuFlu)(Cp)] ZrCl2/methylalumoxane as a catalyst to …

Shear-enhanced crystallization in impact-resistant polypropylene copolymer: influence of compositional heterogeneity and phase structure

S Song, J Feng, P Wu, Y Yang - Macromolecules, 2009 - ACS Publications
The roles of compositional heterogeneity and phase structure on an unusual shear-
enhanced crystallization behavior of impact-resistant polypropylene copolymer (IPC) were …

Investigation of UV aging influences on the crystallization of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer via successive self-nucleation and annealing treatment

J Jin, S Chen, J Zhang - Journal of polymer research, 2010 - Springer
Influences of UV aging on the crystallization of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) were
researched via successive self-nucleation and annealing (SSA) treatment. During the aging …

Influence of pre-shearing on the crystallization of an impact-resistant polypropylene copolymer

S Song, P Wu, J Feng, M Ye, Y Yang - Polymer, 2009 - Elsevier
Impact-resistant polypropylene copolymer (IPC) samples with various pre-shear histories
were prepared by a Brabender Rheometer. The influence of pre-shearing on crystallization …

Crystallization of block copolymers in restricted cylindrical geometries

C Vasilev, G Reiter, S Pispas, N Hadjichristidis - Polymer, 2006 - Elsevier
Using Tapping Mode atomic force microscopy, we studied crystallization of polymers in
confined cylindrical geometries of micro-phase separated asymmetric diblock copolymers …