Morphology and crystal structure of cold-crystallized syndiotactic polystyrene

Y. S. Sun; E. M. Woo

doi:10.1016/S0032-3861(00)00574-7

Morphology and crystal structure of cold-crystallized syndiotactic polystyrene

Y. S. Sun, E. M. Woo

Department of Chemical Engineering

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Abstract

Scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, IR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction analyses were used to characterize the unique morphology of cold-crystallized syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS). Cold-crystallization of sPS produced only α-type unit cell packed into crystalline domains of different morphologies. The morphology contains a granular-sphere texture when cold-crystallized at low temperatures while high-temperature cold-crystallization produced additional sheaf-like lamella radiating out from the central spheres. Details of this interesting morphological feature are expounded in the paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2241-2245
Number of pages	5
Journal	polymer
Volume	42
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0032-3861(00)00574-7
Publication status	Published - 2001

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Organic Chemistry
Polymers and Plastics
Materials Chemistry

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Morphology and crystal structure of cold-crystallized syndiotactic polystyrene

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