2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Role of knot entanglement on the formation of shish structure proved by shear induced crystallization of cyclic polymer
| Project/Area Number |
20750180
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Polymer/Textile materials
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| Research Institution | Okayama University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAZAKI Shinichi Okayama University, 大学院・環境学研究科, 准教授 (40397873)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | 環状高分子 / 結晶化 / 流動 / 絡み合い / シシ構造 / 核生成 |
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| Research Abstract |
We found that the formation of shish-kebab structure of cyclic polyethylene is more difficult than that of liner polyethylene (L-PE). This indicates that most entanglement species of C-PE are simpler than that of L-PE. In this work, for C-PE, we attempted to introduce more complicated entanglements by blending of C-PE matrix and small amount of L-PE. We clarified that knot entanglements play an important role in the formation of shish-kebab structure of C-PE.
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