PE
polyethylene
PMMA
poly(methyl methacrylate)
PP
polypropylene
aPP
atactic polypropylene
iPP
isotactic polypropylene
sPP
syndiotactic polypropylene
PS
polystyrene
P-TREF
preparative temperature rising elution fractionation
PVAc
poly(vinyl acetate)
R, R g
radius of gyration
R h
hydrodynamic radius
R(Θ)
intensity of scattered light
RALLS
right angle laser light scattering
RI
refractive index
RT
retention time
ΔS
conformational entropy
SCB
short chain branching
SCBD
short chain branching distribution
SDV
styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer
SEC
size exclusion chromatography
SEM
scanning electron microscopy
SGIC
solvent gradient interaction chromatography
SNR
signal-to-noise ratio
SSA
successive self-nucleation annealing
SSF
successive solution fractionation
T
temperature
T c
crystallization temperature
T m
melting temperature
TCB
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
ThF3
thermal field-flow fractionation
TGA
thermo-gravimetric analysis
TGIC
temperature gradient interaction chromatography
TREF
temperature rising elution fractionation
TriSEC
triple-detector SEC
U
applied force (in FFF)
UHM
ultrahigh molar mass
UV
ultraviolet
V e
elution volume
V i
interparticle volume
V p
pore volume
V R
retention volume
VA
vinyl acetate
Visco
viscometer
w i
weight fraction
w%
weight percentage
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