An attempt has been made to demonstrate how studies of morphology and crystal growth of polyisoprenes have furthered our understanding of crystallisation in general. This has included work on the whole range of polymer systems, homopolymers, copolymers, blends and crosslinked systems. It has been shown both that polyisoprenes can be considered as normal crystallisable thermoplastics and that polyisoprene systems may yet have information to yield applicable to relatively low crystallinity thermoplastics in general.
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