Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1996, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 498.

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Banded Spherulites of Poly (ethylene oxide) and the Concentric Cracks Within a Single Spherulite

DING Jian-Dong, ZHU Jun-Xiang, YANG Yu-Liang   

  1. Department of Macromolecular Science and Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433
  • Online:1996-03-24 Published:1996-03-24

Abstract: Banded spherulites in bulk crystallization of poly (ethylene oxide)(PEO) are observed with polarizing optical microscopy.The interesting phenomenon is that the concentric bands can still be observed without polars and are assumed to results from the step-growing or spiral-growing of spherulites rather than from the lamellae twisting.The concentric cracks are also observed within every single spherulite together with the bands,which might be meaningful for research and application.

Key words: Polymer, Banded spherulite, Crack

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