Materials Chemistry; Polymers and Plastics; Organic Chemistry
Disciplines :
Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Fernández-Tena, Ainhoa ; POLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Pérez-Camargo, Ricardo Arpad ; Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
Coulembier, Olivier ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service des Matériaux Polymères et Composites
Sangroniz, Leire; POLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Aranburu, Nora ; POLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Guerrica-Echevarria, Gonzalo ; POLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
Liu, Guoming ; Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
Wang, Dujin ; Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, CAS Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China ; University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
Cavallo, Dario ; Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy
Müller, Alejandro J. ; POLYMAT and Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain ; IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
Language :
English
Title :
Effect of Molecular Weight on the Crystallization and Melt Memory of Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)
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