Solidification Processes in Polymers, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992 Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science Series, Vol. 87

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 solidification by crystallization under heat transfer and flow conditions.- Influence of flow on the crystallization kinetics of polymers.- Solidification of semi-crystalline polymers during melt processing.