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Macromolecular Symposia
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Online ISSN: 1521-3900
Associated Title(s): Macromolecular Bioscience, Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Plasma Processes and Polymers
December 19, 2012
TREND: Can the Structures of Semicrystalline Polymers be Controlled Using Interfacial Crystallographic Interactions?
Haixin Zhou, Shouke Yan*
Epitaxy based on crystallographic interaction can govern the crystal structure of overgrowing polymers. It therefore provides a simple and efficient way to fabricate ordered structures of homopolymers with controlled chain orientation, crystal modification, and spatial arrangement of the backbone chain. An expansion of this method to control structures of polymer blends is a trend and challenge in the field of polymer science.
Macromol. Chem. Phys., DOI: 10.1002/macp.201200530
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