Solidification Processes in Polymers [Paperback]

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.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 solidificlƒE