Crystallization kinetics of poly (ethylene oxide) in confined nanolayers

H Wang, JK Keum, A Hiltner, E Baer - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
A new approach for imposing long-range, defect-free confinement was used to study the
crystallization kinetics of ultrathin polymer layers. Layer multiplying coextrusion was utilized …

Stereo-complex crystallization of poly (lactic acid) s in block-copolymer phase separation

H Uehara, Y Karaki, S Wada… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Block-copolymer containing a poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA) segment was blended with pure poly
(d-lactic acid)(PDLA) chain in chloroform solution and casted into the dried film. This method …

Kinetically controlled self-assembled superstructures from semicrystalline chiral block copolymers

CK Chen, SC Lin, RM Ho, YW Chiang, B Lotz - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled superstructures resulting from the competition between crystallization and
microphase separation of semicrystalline poly (styrene)-b-poly (l-lactide)(PS− PLLA) chiral …

Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable polylactides and polylactide-block-poly (Z-lysine) copolymers

YL Peng, Y Huang, HJ Chuang, CY Kuo, CC Lin - Polymer, 2010 - Elsevier
The reaction of (R, R)-trans-1, 2-bis (2, 4, 6-triisopropylbenzenesulfonamidato) cyclohexane
(RRTBSC-H2, 1) with MN [Si (CH3) 3] in tetrahydrofuran (THF) produces [(RRTBSC) 2M4 …

Crystal orientation of poly (ɛ-caprolactone) blocks confined in crystallized polyethylene lamellar morphology of poly (ɛ-caprolactone)-block-polyethylene copolymers

T Higa, H Nagakura, T Sakurai, S Nojima - Polymer, 2010 - Elsevier
The crystal orientation of poly (ɛ-caprolactone)(PCL) blocks in PCL-block-polyethylene (PE)
copolymers has been investigated using two-dimensional small-angle X-ray scattering (2D …

Crystallization of poly (L-lactide-dimethyl siloxane-L-lactide) triblock copolymers and its effect on morphology of microphase separation

CH Ho, GW Jang, YD Lee - Polymer, 2010 - Elsevier
This investigation characterizes the molten morphologies following isothermal crystallization
of poly (l-lactide-block-dimethyl siloxane-block-l-lactide) triblock copolymers, which were …

Crystallization in the Binary Blends of Crystalline− Amorphous Diblock Copolymers Bearing Chemically Different Crystalline Block

CY Chu, HL Chen, MS Hsiao, JH Chen… - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
The crystallization behavior of the blends of two crystalline− amorphous diblock copolymers
bearing chemically different crystalline block has been studied. A series of lamellae-forming …

Birefringence control of semicrystalline block copolymers by crystallization under confinement

MC Li, GW Chang, T Lin, RM Ho, WT Chuang, S Kooi - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
A series of semicrystalline block copolymers (BCPs), poly (4-vinylpyridine)-block-poly (ε-
caprolactone)(P4VP-PCL), with lamellar phases have been synthesized. P4VP-PCL BCP …

Formation of phase structure and crystallization behavior from disordered melt for ethylene-isoprene block copolymers and their blends

H Takeshita, YJ Gao, Y Takata, K Takenaka, T Shiomi… - Polymer, 2010 - Elsevier
The structure formation and crystallization kinetics in crystallization from a disordered melt
were investigated for a polyethylene-polyisoprene block copolymer (LEI) having Mn= 3.2× …

Gradient Mutilayered Films and Confined Crystallization of Polymer Nanolayers by Forced Assembly Coextrusion

MT Ponting - 2010 - rave.ohiolink.edu
Forced assembly polymer coextrusion utilizes layer multiplication to produce films with tens
or thousands of micron to nanometer thick layers. Projects utilizing this coextrusion …