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Jm. Dekoninck
Researcher at Université catholique de Louvain
Publications - 7
Citations - 404
Jm. Dekoninck is an academic researcher from Université catholique de Louvain. The author has contributed to research in topics: Polycarbonate & Nucleation. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 7 publications receiving 399 citations.
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Molten bisphenol‐A polycarbonate‐poly(ethylene terephthalate) blends. I. Identification of the reactions
TL;DR: In this article, the main reaction is an exchange reaction identical to that occurring in bisphenol-A polycarbonate-poly(butylene terephthalate) mixtures, probably resulting from the instability of the ethylene carbonates produced by transesterification.
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Chemical nucleation, a new concept applied to the mechanism of action of organic acid salts on the crystallization of polyethylene terephthalate and bisphenol—A polycarbonate
TL;DR: In this paper, a chemical reaction occurs during the mixing process between the salt and the ester links of the macromolecules, which produces ionic end-groups which are responsible for the acceleration of the crystallization rate.
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Molten bisphenol‐A polycarbonate—poly(ethylene terephthalate) blends. II. Kinetics of the exchange reaction.
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Crystallization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) induced by organic salts: model compound study of the mechanism of action of the nucleating agent
TL;DR: In this paper, a model compound of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PETP) is used to simulate the behavior of PETP in the presence of an organic acid salt, sodium o-chlorobenzoate (SOCB).
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Nucleation of Poly(ethylene-terephthalate) By Sodium Compounds - a Unique Mechanism
TL;DR: The high nucleation efficiency of sodium salts in PETs is not due to additives but to reaction products as discussed by the authors, and the ionic chain ends are the effective nucleating species.