Polymer, Vol.39, No.21, 5273-5275, 1998
High-resolution TEM of the melt-crystallized modification of syndiotactic polystyrene
The melt-crystallized orthorhombic modification of syndiotactic polystyrene (s-PS) was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Single crystals of the beta' modification were prepared from a thin film by melt crystallization at 240 degrees C. Their high-resolution images viewed along the molecular stem axis were successfully obtained, from which images the lateral arrangement of the individual molecular stems in the modification can be read out. The ''faulted'' structure defined in our previous papers seems to hold a majority in the beta' modification, to make a different "ordered" structure.
Keywords:FORM;POLYMORPHISM