A unified context for spherulitic growth in polymers
A unified context for spherulitic growth in polymers
The long-standing issue, central to polymer science, of the relevance of cellulation to the formation of spherulites has been resolved by the first demonstration of this phenomenon, in spherulites of a highly branched polyethylene copolymer. The two principal alternative mechanisms proposed for the formation of spherulites are shown to be complementary, with cellulation a secondary process occurring only when segregation reduces growth rate sufficiently. A unified context for polymeric crystallization is thereby achieved in which segregation generally plays a passive rather than an active role in the development of spherulites.
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Abo el Maaty, M.
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Hosier, I.L.
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Bassett, D.C.
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January 1998
Abo el Maaty, M.
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Hosier, I.L.
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Bassett, D.C.
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Abo el Maaty, M., Hosier, I.L. and Bassett, D.C.
(1998)
A unified context for spherulitic growth in polymers.
Macromolecules, 31 (1), .
Abstract
The long-standing issue, central to polymer science, of the relevance of cellulation to the formation of spherulites has been resolved by the first demonstration of this phenomenon, in spherulites of a highly branched polyethylene copolymer. The two principal alternative mechanisms proposed for the formation of spherulites are shown to be complementary, with cellulation a secondary process occurring only when segregation reduces growth rate sufficiently. A unified context for polymeric crystallization is thereby achieved in which segregation generally plays a passive rather than an active role in the development of spherulites.
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Published date: January 1998
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