This volume is devoted to solidification of polymers in general; crystalline, liquid crystalline, and amorphous polymers, including oriented polymers and the effects of pressure and processing are discussed. A distinguished international group of authors has contributed to the volume.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Isotactic polypropylene: Growth transitions and crystal polymorphism. - Crystallization and morphology of binary blends of linear and branched polyethylene. - Electron microscopic investigation of the crystallization behavior of polymer blends. - Role of adsorption process during crystallization of polymers at low supercooling. - Polymer nucleating agents: Efficiency scale and impact of physical gelation. - Regime III crystallization in poly-(l-lactic) acid. - Comparative study of isomeric polyamides with isolated methylene groups: Nylons 1, 6, 4, 3 and 2/5. - Thermodynamic anomalies in the pressure-temperature phase diagram of poly-4-methyl pentene-1: Disordering of crystals on cooling. - The role of transient hexagonal phase in crystallization of polymers. - Molecular dynamics in poly- and oligotetrafluoroethylenes. - Overall mobility of polymethylene chains in the solid state: A spectroscopic study. - Hexagonal columnar phases in polymers. - Healing of knit lines in injection-molded liquid crystalline polymers. - Effect of pressure on thermodynamic and viscosity of PS and two LC polymers. - Interpretation of structural recovery of amorphous polymers from DSC data. - Enthalpy relaxation in amorphous and crystalline polymers. Polyaryl ether ether ketone blends. - Structural relaxation process on a thermosetting resin. - Crystallization in stretched and unstretched rubber-thermodynamics and kinetics. - Complete balance of energy during necking in polymeric glasses and its strain-rate dependence. - Morphology and structure of oriented polydiacetylene films: Molecular epitaxy of DCH. - Morphology and extensibility of dried gels from an ethylene copolymer in relation to initial concentration. - Polymer solidification by crystallization under heat transfer and flow conditions. - Influence of flow on the crystallization kinetics of polymers. - Solidification of semi-crystalline polymers during melt processing.
