Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5186655 | Polymer | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Single crystals of low Mw poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) (P4MP1) in its form I display an unusual streaking of their diffraction pattern. The crystals also frequently give rise to composite diffraction patterns made of two patterns rotated by 37°. The streaking indicates a structural disorder, namely a shift of nearby layers along the a or b axis by one quarter of the unit-cell edge. The daughter crystals, rotated by 37°, are produced on the edges of the parent crystals via an epitaxial growth that is a direct consequence of the structural disorder.
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Authors
J. Ruan, D. Alcazar, A. Thierry, B. Lotz,