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PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 280-315Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2008.11.002
Keywords
Syndiotactic polystyrene; Crystal structure; Polymorphism; Solvent-induced crystallization; Phase transition; Gelation
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Syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) exhibits four crystal modifications (alpha, beta, gamma, and delta), along with intermediate forms with different molecular conformations, as well as different chain-packing structures. The extensive literature on the crystal structures exhibited by sPS is reviewed herein, including, the mechanisms of phenomena such as solvent-induced crystallization, thermally induced crystallization and gelation, and the phase transitions among the various crystalline forms. The latter have been studied by static and dynamic wide-angle and small-angle X-ray scattering, infrared and Raman spectra, and neutron scattering, etc., in addition to computer simulations. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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