@article { ISI:000236996200020,
	title = {Crystalline phases in nylon-11: studies using HTWAXS and HTFTIR},
	journal = {Macromolecules},
	volume = {39},
	number = {8},
	year = {2006},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {2841-2848},
	publisher = {AMER CHEMICAL SOC},
	type = {Article},
	address = {1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA},
	abstract = {<p>Nylon-11 was crystallized into different crystalline phases by appropriate methods. The chance in the structure during heating was monitored in situ by wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS). The alpha phase obtained by precipitating nylon-11 in 1,4-butanediol started transforming into the pseudohexagonal phase on heating, but the transformation was not fully completed before melting. The melt crystallized sample at 175 degrees C gave the pseudohexagonal phase, which transformed into the alpha{\textquoteright} phase on cooling to room temperature at about 100 degrees C. The d spacing of the 00 1 reflection also showed a change at the transition temperature. The melt-quenched sample showed the pseudohexagonal phase, which did not change during heating, but on cooling transformed into alpha{\textquoteright} phase. The gamma phase was obtained by casting nylon-11 in trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), and it changed into the pscudohexagonal phase at about 110 degrees C on heating. The d spacing of the 001 reflection depended on the way in which it was obtained. The studies have shown that nylon-11 is one of the few nylons that exhibit an extensive degree of polymorphism. High-temperature Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (HTFTIR) studies revealed, apart from the conformational differences between various phases of nylon-11, some information on the formation of the gamma phase.</p>},
	issn = {0024-9297},
	doi = {10.1021/ma052597e},
	author = {Nair, S. S. and Ramesh, C. and Tashiro, K.}
}
