Title
Crystallization and Morphological Changes in Nanostructured Polymer Blends
Date Issued
01 January 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Agwuncha S.C.
Owonubi S.J.
Sadiku E.R.
Ray S.S.
Periyar Selvam S.
Shittu T.A.
Shanavas A.
Mukwevho E.
Tshwane University of Technology
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
The crystallization processes in polymer blends and the subsequent morphology and crystal structures formed are of great interest because of their significance, especially in the determination of their performance properties. Therefore, in this chapter, the fundamentals of crystallization in polymers were discussed first and then related to the real situation in polymer blends with nanoparticles. Fractionated crystallization phenomenon was thoroughly looked into as it relates to dispersed phase and confined domain. Nanostructured polymer blends present a not too different scenario when compared to the neat polymers, but still, their crystallization processes offer something to talk about. In addition, the polymorphic development in immiscible blends was also a subtopic that was discussed. In all, an adequate amount of literature was referred to.
Start page
287
End page
312
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia de los polímeros
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84966938222
ISBN
9780323394543 9780323394086
Source
Design and Applications of Nanostructured Polymer Blends and Nanocomposite Systems
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