Polymer Crystallization
Subtitle: Obervations, Concepts and Interpretations (Lecture Notes in Physics)
Contributors: Günter Reiter (Editor); Jens-Uwe Sommer (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9783540443421
Subjects: Plastics & polymers technology; Science/Mathematics; Mechanics - General; Crystallography; Polymer Chemistry; Science; Polymers; Physics; Chemistry - Organic; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Science / Chemistry / Organic; Science / Mechanics / Dynamics / Fluid Dynamics; Science-Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Science-Physics; Crystalline polymers; Crystallization
First sentence: The discovery of folded chain crystals by Andrew Keller in 1957 has confronted the community of polymer scientists with the fact that one of the most important forms of polymer matter is not in thermodynamic equilibrium.
Description: This volume introduces and reports on the state-of-the-art regarding both theoretical and experimental aspects of phase transitions in polymeric solutions or melts that lead to crystallization. Written in the form of a set of self-contained reviews, the book is both a modern and comprehensive source of reference and an introduction into the field for nonspecialist researchers and postgraduate students.