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Cover Image, Volume 132, Issue 12
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.41789
Subject(s) - crystallization , cover (algebra) , volume (thermodynamics) , materials science , polymer science , spherulite (polymer physics) , polymer , supercooling , polymer chemistry , computer science , chemical engineering , composite material , physics , mechanical engineering , thermodynamics , engineering
Crystallization behavior plays an important role in the condensed structure and property of polymer product. Chunyan Luo, Weixing Chen, and Ying Gao observe the effect of cooling rate on the crystallization morphology and growth rate of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and PEO/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) blends. The results suggest that the crystallization rate decreases dramatically with the increasing of PMMA content. The cover shows the time evolution of the spherulitic pattern of PEO/PMMA blend by a slow cooling process. The image indicates that the irregularity of spherulite and the feather‐likemorphology are much more obvious during the slow cooling process. (DOI: 10.1002/app.41705 )