Flow-induced shish-kebab precursor structures in entangled polymer melts

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 46; no. 20; pp. 8587 - 8623
• Main Authors: Somani, Rajesh H., Yang, Ling, Zhu, Lei, Hsiao, Benjamin S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 23.09.2005; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Crystallization; Exact sciences and technology; Flow-induced crystallization; FLUID FLOW; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MELTING; MORPHOLOGY; national synchrotron light source; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Polymer melts; POLYMERS; PRECURSOR; Properties and characterization; Shish-kebabs; Polymer melts; Shish-kebabs; Flow-induced crystallization; Shish kebab polymer; Melt crystallization; State of the art; Flow(fluid); Morphology; Supramolecular structure; Formation mechanism

Flow-induced crystallization has long been an important subject in polymer processing. Varying processing conditions can produce different morphologies, which lead to different properties. Recent studies indicated that the final morphology is in fact dictated by the initial formation of crystallizat...