Advanced Materials, Vol.19, No.6, 871-871, 2007
Stereoblock polypropylene as a prototype example of elasticity via a flip-flop reorientation of crystals in a compliant matrix
Elastomeric polypropylene characterized by chains with an isotactic and atactic stereoblock structure shows elastic behavior in a large range of deformations notwithstanding the high degree of crystallinity, because of the occurrence of flip-flop reversible reorientation of crystals of the gamma form that occur during stretching and the successive release of tension, as shown schematically in the figure.