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ArticleMacromolecules2025

Enhancing Mechanical Properties and Crystallization Kinetics of Isotactic Polypropylene by Boronic Acid-Cross-Linked Additives.

Kazuki Shimizu, Shin-Ichi Kihara, Mikihiro Hayashi, Hiroyuki Koga, Yuushou Nakayama, Takeshi Shiono, Ryo Tanaka

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Article in Macromolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Kazuki ShimizuGraduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.
Shin-Ichi KiharaGraduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.
Mikihiro HayashiGraduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8555, Japan.
Hiroyuki KogaGraduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.
Yuushou NakayamaGraduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.
Takeshi ShionoGraduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1118-9991
Ryo TanakaGraduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6085-074X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have found that isotactic polypropylene (iPP) significantly increases its mechanical properties by the addition of boronic acid-cross-linked iPP. The cross-linked iPP, bearing multiple boronic acids per polymer chain, was successfully prepared by the copolymerization of propylene and a boranediamine comonomer and the following treatment with acid. The melting point and crystallinity of the iPP did not show any changes by blending the cross-linked PP, whereas the crystallization rate was significantly accelerated and the fraction of

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