ANDERSON P. D.

The effect of maleic-anhydride-grafted polypropylene compatibilizer on the crystallization behavior of two isotactic polypropylene homopolymers is experimentally investigated under both quiescent and shear flow conditions. A traditional combination of optical microscopy and calorimetric techniques is used to quantify crystal nucleation and...

In the area of polymer crystallization, the most widely used techniques to quantify structure, morphology and molecular orientation are fundamentally based on light or X-ray scattering and absorption. In particular, synchrotron X-rays are used for detailed studies on the semicrystalline structure in polymeric materials. The technical...