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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Douglas W. Van Citters, Hanover, NH (US);
Inventor:
Douglas W. Van Citters, Hanover, NH (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 63/02 (2006.01); C08G 64/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Angular extrusion (AE) methods for creating monolithic polymers with high crystallinity, but small crystallite size, are disclosed. The methods involve consolidating granular polymer in an extrusion channel having at least one strain-imposing feature.