RETRACTED: Investigation of the Ordered Structure in Partially Melted Isotactic Polypropylene
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Material and Sample Preparation
2.2. Polarized Optical Microscopy (POM)
2.3. X-ray Measurements
2.4. SAXS and WAXS Data Analysis
2.4.1. SAXS Data Analysis
2.4.2. WAXS Data Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Shen, J.; Zhu, D.; An, J.; Min, Z.; Chen, J. RETRACTED: Investigation of the Ordered Structure in Partially Melted Isotactic Polypropylene. Polymers 2021, 13, 3354. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13193354
Shen J, Zhu D, An J, Min Z, Chen J. RETRACTED: Investigation of the Ordered Structure in Partially Melted Isotactic Polypropylene. Polymers. 2021; 13(19):3354. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13193354
Chicago/Turabian StyleShen, Junfang, Derong Zhu, Junchao An, Zhiyu Min, and Jingbo Chen. 2021. "RETRACTED: Investigation of the Ordered Structure in Partially Melted Isotactic Polypropylene" Polymers 13, no. 19: 3354. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13193354