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DM-LM-P) equipped with a Mettler Toledo hot stage (FP82HT).
One-dimensional wide-angle X-ray diffraction (1D WAXD)
experiments were performed on a BRUKER AXS D8 Advance
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diffractometer with a 40 kV FL tubes as the X-ray source (Cu 12 E. Mehravar, A. Iturrospe, A. Arbe, J. M. Asua and J. R. Leiza,
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recorded and subtracted from the sample patterns. The
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Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) experiments were 15 X.-F. Chen, Z. Shen, X.-H. Wan, X.-H. Fan, E.-Q. Chen, Y. Ma
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Paar) equipped with Kratky block-collimation system and a
Philips PW3830 sealed-tube X-ray generator (Cu KR). The
wavelength was 0.1542 nm. A highly sensitive SAXS imaging
plate which was 264.5 mm away from the sample was used to
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aluminum foils which were folded and sandwiched in a steel
sample holder. After background subtraction, desmearing was
performed according to the Lake’s method. A temperature
control unit (Anton Paar TCS300) in conjunction with the
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2 B. M. Rosen, C. J. Wilson, D. A. Wilson, M. Peterca, M. R.
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Two-dimensional wide-angle X-ray diffraction (2D WAXD) was
carried out using a BRUKER AXS D8 Discover diffractometer
with a 40 kV FL tubes as the X-ray source (Cu Kα) and the
3 H.-J. Sun, S. Zhang and V. Percec, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2015, 44
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VANTEC 500 detector. The point-focused X-ray beam was 24 D. A. Barkley, T. Koga and J. G. Rudick, Macromolecules,
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5 M. Yang, D. Mao, S. Chen and H. Zhang, Polym. Chem., 2016,
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aligned either perpendicular or parallel to the mechanical
shearing direction. For both the 1D and 2D WAXD
experiments, the background scattering was recorded and
subtracted from the sample patterns.
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