Aboudzadeh, M. Ali ; POLYMAT and Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, Donostia-San Sebastián 20018, Spain
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 Lardizábal, 3, Donostia-San Sebastián 20018, Spain
COULEMBIER, Olivier ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service des Matériaux Polymères et Composites
Ferranti, Marcello; Department of Chemical, Materials, and Production Engineering (DICMAPI), University of Naples Federico II, P.le Tecchio 80, Naples 80125, Italy
Costanzo, Salvatore ; Department of Chemical, Materials, and Production Engineering (DICMAPI), University of Naples Federico II, P.le Tecchio 80, Naples 80125, Italy
Grizzuti, Nino ; Department of Chemical, Materials, and Production Engineering (DICMAPI), University of Naples Federico II, P.le Tecchio 80, Naples 80125, Italy
Cavallo, D. ; Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Via Dodecaneso 31, Genoa 16146, 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 Lardizábal, 3, Donostia-San Sebastián 20018, Spain ; Ikerbasque-Basque Foundation for Science, Plaza Euskadi 5, Bilbao 48009, Spain
Language :
English
Title :
Decoupling the Roles of Chain Length, Entanglements, and Intermolecular Interactions on the Melt Memory of Semicrystalline Polar Homopolymers
R400 - Institut de Recherche en Science et Ingénierie des Matériaux
Funders :
Interreg Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci?n y Universidades Agencia Estatal de Investigaci?n European Regional Development Fund Hezkuntza, Hizkuntza Politika Eta Kultura Saila, Eusko Jaurlaritza NextGenerationEU ALBA Synchrotron
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