Magnetic-field-induced alignment of low-molecular-weight syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) has achieved. Isothermal crystallization from the melting state containing local ordered domains under the 2 ...

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POLYSTYRENE deformed in plane strain compression shows inhomogeneous plastic shear deformation in the form of intense shear deformation bands1. These bands are distinct from craze marks and must ...