<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gowd, E. Bhoje</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tashiro, Kohji</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ramesh, C.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Role of solvent molecules as a trigger for the crystal phase transition of syndiotactic polystyrene/solvent complex</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Macromolecules</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DEC</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AMER CHEMICAL SOC</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1155 16TH ST, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">41</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9814-9818</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The phase transitions occurring in the syndiotactic polystyrene-norbornadiene complex were investigated by simultaneous measurements of wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). To understand the effect of norbornadiene molecules on the phase-transition behavior, the delta form samples with different contents of norbornadiene were prepared. By heating these samples, we found that the delta-to-gamma transition occurred well below 100 degrees C in a broad temperature range, and the onset of the transition temperature depended on the content of norbornadiene included in the starting sample. The sample without norbornadiene molecules showed the delta-to-gamma transition to be above 100 degrees C. Upon further heating, the gamma form transformed into a mixture of alpha and beta forms in the presence of norbornadiene molecules, whereas the sample without norbornadiene transformed into only the alpha form. In this way, it has been found that the solvent molecules, which are not completely evaporated from the sample but are transiently trapped in the amorphous region because of the slow diffusion, have a significant role in facilitating the phase transitions as well as the transition temperatures in the crystalline region. On the basis of WAXD and DSC results, a phase-transition model has been reasonably constructed.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4.837</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gowd, E. Bhoje</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tashiro, Kohji</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ramesh, C.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Structural phase transitions of syndiotactic polystyrene</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Progress in Polymer Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">crystal structure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gelation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">phase transition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polymorphism</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solvent-induced crystallization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Syndiotactic polystyrene</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">34</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">280-315</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) exhibits four crystal modifications (alpha, beta, gamma, and delta), along with intermediate forms with different molecular conformations, as well as different chain-packing structures. The extensive literature on the crystal structures exhibited by sPS is reviewed herein, including, the mechanisms of phenomena such as solvent-induced crystallization, thermally induced crystallization and gelation, and the phase transitions among the various crystalline forms. The latter have been studied by static and dynamic wide-angle and small-angle X-ray scattering, infrared and Raman spectra, and neutron scattering, etc., in addition to computer simulations. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22.870</style></custom4></record></records></xml>