Polypropylene Structure, Blends and Composites

Volume 1: Polymorphism in polypropylene homo- and copolymers. Molecular structure of polypropylene homo- and copolymers. Crystalline structures of polypropylene homo- and copolymers. Crystallisation, melting and supermolecular structure of isotactic polypropylene. Nucleation of polypropylene. Epitaxial growth on and with polypropylene. Processing-induced structure. Higher order structure of injection-moulded polypropylene. Knit-line behaviour of polypropylene and polypropylene-blends. Welding and fracture of polypropylene interfaces. Self-reinforcement of polypropylene. Processing-induced structure formation. Volume 2: Manufacturing and properties of polypropylene copolymers. Primary spherulite nucleation in polypropylene-based blends and copolymers. Polypropylene alloys and blends with thermoplastics. Structure and properties of polypropylene-elastomer blends. Oriental drawing of polypropylene and its blends. Thermoplastic elastomers by blending and dynamic vulcanization. Index. Volume 3: Particulate-filled polypropylene: structure and properties. Processing and properties of reinforced polypropylenes. Fibre orientation prediction in injection moulding. Microstructural aspects of fracture in polypropylene and in its filled, chopped fibre and fibre mat reinforced composites. Glass mat reinforced polypropylene. Some wetting and adhesion phenomena in polypropylene composites. Manufacturing methods for long fibre reinforced polypropylene sheets and laminates. Thermoforming of unidirectional continuous fibre-reinforced polypropylene laminates and their modelling. Fracture performance of continuous fibre reinforced polypropylene. Interfacial crystallization of polypropylene in composites. Index.