Open AccessCover Image, Volume 55, Issue 14
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of polymer science part b: polymer physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1099-0488
pISSN - 0887-6266
DOI - 10.1002/polb.24375
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , polylactic acid , polymer , volume (thermodynamics) , phase (matter) , polymer science , computer science , materials science , chemistry , physics , composite material , mechanical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics , organic chemistry
Highly porous polylactic acid (PLA) foams–produced via nonsolvent induced solid‐liquid phase separation contain complexmulti‐faceted crystallinemorphologies. Lozenge‐like single crystals form at the early stages of phase separation, which is closely followed by a rapid in situ macropore growth in the remaining liquid phase. This rapid deformation leads to the formation of highly oriented shish‐kebabs, discussed by Ehsan Rezabeigi and colleagues on page 1055 (DOI: 10.1002/polb.24350 ). The inhomogeneous deformation allows the simultaneous formation of typical quiescent structures such as axialites. (DOI: 10.1002/polb.24350 )