Scattering from Polymers Characterization by X-rays, Neutrons, and Light

by Cebe, Peggy; Hsiao, Benjamin S.; Lohse, David J.

• ISBN13: 9780841236448
• ISBN10: 0841236445
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-03
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

This book reflects the recent progress made in the field of scattering in polymers. A wide range of scattering studies on different polymer systems, including block copolymers, semicrystalline polymers, complex fluids, multicomponent systems, polymeric surfaces, and polymer processing are included, as well as new experimental techniques and theoretical treatments. This volume provides a comprehensive reference for those researchers who need to know how scattering techniques can be used to tackle different polymer problems, and is ideal for graduate polymer scientists studying scattering techniques.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction
Introduction to Scattering from Polymers	p. 2
Scattering Methods
Characteristics of Small-Angle Diffraction Data from Semicrystalline Polymers and Their Analysis in Elliptical Coordinates	p. 24
Analysis of SAXS Fiber Patterns by Means of Projections	p. 41
Studying Polymer Interfaces Using Neutron Reflection	p. 57
Neutron Diffraction by Crystalline Polymers	p. 74
Simulation of Melting Transitions in Crystalline Polymers	p. 93
Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy at the NIST Center for Neutron Research	p. 103
Polymer Crystallization and Morphology
Isothermal Thickening and Thinning Processes in Low Molecular Weight Poly(ethylene oxide) Fractions Crystallized from the Melt: Effects of Molecular Configurational Defects on Crystallization, Melting, and Annealing	p. 118
Investigating the Mechanisms of Polymer Crystallization by SAXS Experiments	p. 140
Simultaneous In-Situ SAXS and WAXS Study of Crystallization and Melting Behavior of Metallocene Isotactic Poly(propylene)	p. 152
Lamellar Morphology of Narrow PEEK Fractions Crystallized from the Glassy State and from the Melt	p. 166
Real-Time Crystallization and Melting Study of Ethylene-Based Copolymers by SAXS, WAXD, and DSC Techniques	p. 187
A Scattering Study of Nucleation Phenomena in Homopolymer Melts	p. 201
Crystallization and Solid-State Structure of Model Poly(ethylene oxide) Blends	p. 218
Transient Rotator Phase Induced Nucleation in n-Alkanes	p. 232
Complex Fluids and Biopolymers
Highly Ordered Supramolecular Structures from Self-Assembly of Ionic Surfactants in Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolyte Gels	p. 244
Some Thermodynamic Considerations of the Lower Disorder-to-Order Transition of Diblock Copolymers	p. 261
Analysis of the Structure, Interaction, and Viscosity of Pluronic Micelles in Aqueous Solutions by Combined Neutron and Light Scatterings	p. 270
Optical Probe Study of Solutionlike and Meltlike Solutions of High Molecular Weight Hydroxypropylcellulose	p. 297
SANS Studies of Polymers in Organic Solvents and Supercritical Fluids in the Poor, Theta, and Good Solvent Domains	p. 317
Destruction of Short-Range Order in Polycarbonate-Ionomer Blends	p. 328
Scattering from Magnetically Oriented Microtubule Biopolymers	p. 341
Polymers Under Flow
What Is a Model Liquid Crystalline Polymer Solution?: Solvent Effects on the Flow Behavior of LCP Solutions	p. 356
X-ray Scattering Measurements of Molecular Orientation in Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymers under Flow	p. 374
X-ray Rheology of Structured Polymer Melts	p. 390
Phase Separation Kinetics during Shear in Compatibilized Polymer Blends	p. 405
Block Copolymers
Ultra-Small-Angle X-ray Scattering and Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies Probing Grain Size of Lamellar Sytrene-Butadiene Block Copolymers	p. 436
Block Crystallization in Model Triarm Star Block Copolymers with Two Crystallizable Blocks: A Time-Resolved SAXS-WAXD Study	p. 448
Temperature- and Pressure-Induced Microphase Separation Transitions of a Polystyrene-block-Butadiene Copolymer Melt	p. 456
Ordering Kinetics between HEX and BCC Microdomains for SI and SIS Block Copolymers	p. 470
SAXS and Rheological Studies on the Order-Disorder and Order-Order Transitions in Mixtures of Polystyrene-b-Polyisoprene-b-Polystyrene and Low Molecular Weight PS	p. 496
Thermoreversible Order-Order Transition between Spherical and Cylindrical Microdomain Structures of Block Copolymer	p. 514
Indexes
Author Index	p. 532
Subject Index	p. 534
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