Abstract
Transcrystallinity in UHMWPE fiber-reinforced HDPE composites promotes a significant β transition that is untypical of high-density polyethylene. Surface profiling by atomic force microscopy identities two distinct morphologies in the composite without a boundary phase between them, which coincide with the transcrystalline layer and with the bulk spherulitic matrix. As a result, the claim that attributes this transition to loose chain folds at the lamella surface is favored.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1387-1391 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Rapid Communications |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 15 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Aug 2004 |
Keywords
- Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
- Dielectric properties
- Polyethylene (PE)/polyethylene composites
- Transcrystallinity
- β relaxation
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