Figure 14.

(a) WAXS of PC-18, PE-18,18, and HDPE, reflexes correspond to the orthorhombic unit cell. (b) SEC traces of PE-18,18, PC-18 in comparison to commercial HDPE. (c) Stress–strain curves of PE-18,18, PC-18, and HDPE. (d) Comparison of Young’s moduli and stress at yield values for PE-18,18, PC-18, and HDPE. (e) Schematic representation of the solid-state structure of HDPE (top) and PE-like polymer (bottom) crystallites (Adapted with permission from Nature2021, 590, 423–437. Copyright © 2021, Springer Nature).¹⁶⁸