Volume 119, Issue 23 pp. 4403-4406
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Polymorphic Superelasticity in Semicrystalline Polymers

Finizia Auriemma Prof.

Finizia Auriemma Prof.

Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Monte Sant' Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy, Fax: (+39) 081-674-090

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Claudio De Rosa Prof.

Claudio De Rosa Prof.

Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Monte Sant' Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy, Fax: (+39) 081-674-090

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Simona Esposito Dr.

Simona Esposito Dr.

Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Monte Sant' Angelo, via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy, Fax: (+39) 081-674-090

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Geoffrey R. Mitchell Prof.

Geoffrey R. Mitchell Prof.

Polymer Science Centre, J.J. Thomson Physical Laboratory, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AF, UK

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First published: 24 May 2007
Citations: 1

Financial support from the “Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca” (PRIN 2004 project) is gratefully acknowledged. The time-resolved X-ray data were obtained at the CCLRC Synchrotron Radiation Source at Daresbury (UK).

Graphical Abstract

Gestresst: Auch hoch kristalline Polymere können duktil und elastisch sein, wenn ein stressinduzierter martensitischer Übergang zwischen kristallinen Phasen möglich ist (siehe Bild; c: Achse der Elementarzelle, h: helikale Form, t: trans-planare Form). Da diese Elastizität nicht rein entropisch ist, sondern auch enthalpische Beiträge beteiligt sind, ähnelt sie der Superelastizität von Legierungen mit Formgedächtnis.

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