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Macromol. Chem. Phys. 14/2016
Author(s) -
Tsuji Hideto,
Matsumura Nobutsugu
Publication year - 2016
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.201670045
Subject(s) - branching (polymer chemistry) , crystallization , polymer chemistry , polymer , materials science , crystallite , chemical engineering , polymer science , isothermal process , composite material , thermodynamics , physics , engineering , metallurgy
Front Cover : The isothermal crystallization of star‐shaped four‐armed equimolar stereo diblock poly(lactide) (4‐LD) polymers are investigated. Solely stereocomplex crystallites are formed in all equimolar 4‐LD polymers, irrespective of molecular weight and crystallization temperature. Both branching and diblock architectures disturb the stereocomplex crystallization and spherulites growth of equimolar 4‐LD polymers and the disturbance effect is larger for branching architecture than for diblock architecture. Further details can be found in the article by Hideto Tsuji* and Nobutsugu Matsumura on page 1547.