Ultra-strong elastomers (uEs) with oriented nanocrystals dispersed in the amorphous matrix were obtained.
The macromolecular compositions facilitate the formation of crystalline nanostructures dispersed in an amorphous matrix.
Semicrystalline materials display crystalline regions, called crystallites, within an amorphous matrix.
Crystalline phase was dispersed in an amorphous matrix.
These two phases were dispersed homogeneously within the amorphous matrix.
For the copolymers of UDA and BUDA, an amorphous matrix envelopes nanocrystalline domains, where there are rich inter/intra-molecular hydrogen bonds.
The dispersion of crystalline microstructures in an amorphous matrix is crucial to possess outstanding mechanical properties for many of polyamide systems42,43,44.
The existence of butyrate pendant groups may restrain the formation of a highly crystalline structure, but facilitate an elastic amorphous matrix.
The ZrN nanocrystallites were embedded in the amorphous matrix.
LMW-LLDPE, the dominant component, served as the amorphous matrix.
TEM study showed that nanowires consist of nanocrystallites dispersed in an amorphous matrix.
