Crystallization and Morphological Changes in Nanostructured Polymer Blends

S. C. Agwuncha; S. J. Owonubi; Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku; K. Varaprasad; S. S. Ray; S. Periyar Selvam; T. A. Shittu; A. Shanavas; E. Mukwevho

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-39408-6.00013-3

Crystallization and Morphological Changes in Nanostructured Polymer Blends

S. C. Agwuncha^*, S. J. Owonubi, Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku, K. Varaprasad, S. S. Ray, S. Periyar Selvam, T. A. Shittu, A. Shanavas, E. Mukwevho

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Design and Applications of Nanostructured Polymer Blends and Nanocomposite Systems
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	287-312
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323394543
ISBN (Print)	9780323394086
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-39408-6.00013-3
State	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Agwuncha, S. C., Owonubi, S. J., Sadiku, E. R., Varaprasad, K., Ray, S. S., Periyar Selvam, S., Shittu, T. A., Shanavas, A., & Mukwevho, E. (2016). Crystallization and Morphological Changes in Nanostructured Polymer Blends. In Design and Applications of Nanostructured Polymer Blends and Nanocomposite Systems (pp. 287-312). Elsevier Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-39408-6.00013-3

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