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Macromol. Chem. Phys. 4/2014
Author(s) -
Rathi Sahas R.,
Ng David,
Coughlin E. Bryan,
Hsu Shaw Ling,
Golub Charles S.,
Ling Gerald H.,
Tzivanis Michael J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201470011
Subject(s) - crystallization , morphology (biology) , polymer chemistry , materials science , kinetics , cover (algebra) , chemical engineering , polymer science , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , mechanical engineering , genetics , quantum mechanics , engineering , biology
Front Cover : Instead of using traditional chemical crosslinking, flexible and rubbery poly(lactic acid) can be created by controlling the crystallization process. The stereo complex crystals formed are the “physical crosslinks”. This slide is used to demonstrate the relative crystallization kinetics and the morphology formed for two chemically identical but physically different co‐crystallizing PLA based blends. Further details can be found in the article by S. R. Rathi, D. Ng, E. B. Coughlin,* S. L. Hsu,* C. S. Golub, G. H. Ling, and M. J. Tzivanis on page 320.