[1] M. S. A. Rahaman, A. F. Ismail and A. Mustafa, “A review of heat
treatment on polyacrylonitrile fiber”, Polym. Degrad. Stab., vol.
92, pp. 1421-1432, 2007.
[2] Z. Bashir, “A critical review of the stabilisation of
polyacrylonitrile”, Carbon., vol. 29, pp. 1081-1090, 1991.
[3] R. Cox, “Acrylic fibers”, in: Synthetic fibers nylon, polyester,
acrylic, polyolefine. ed by McIntyre JE, Woodhead Publishing
Publishing Limitted, Cambridge, England, 2005, pp. 167-234.
[4] K. Sen, S. H. Bahrami and P. Bajaj, “High-performance acrylic
fibere”, J. Macromol. Sci., Rev. Macromol. Chem. Phys., vol. 36,
pp. 1-76, 1996.
[5] Q. Ouyang, L. Cheng, H. Wang and K. Li, “Mechanism and
kinetics of the stabilization reactions of itaconic acid-modified
polyacrylonitrile”, Polym. Degrad. Stab., vol. 93, pp. 1415-1421,
2008.
[6] J. S. Tsai and C. Hualin, “Effect of comonomer composition on the
properties of polyacrylonitrile precursor and resulting carbon
fiber”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 43: 679-685, 1991.
[7] K. A.Gupta, D. K. Paliwal and P. Bajaj, “Effect of an acidic
comonomer on thermooxidative stabilization of polyacrylonitrile”,
J. Appl. Polym. Sci., vol. 58, pp. 1161-1674, 1995.
[8] I. F. C. Preta, S. K. Sakata, G. Garcia, J. P. Zimmermann, F.
Galembek and C. Giovedi, “Thermal behavior of polyacrylonitrile
polymers synthesized under different conditions and comonomer
composition” J. Therm. Anal. Calorim., vol. 87, pp. 657-659, 2007.
[9] C. Cui, L. Yu and C. Wang, “The degradation and prestabilization
of acrylonitrile copolymers”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., vol. 117, pp.
1596-1600, 2010.
[10] KA. Gupta, D. K. Paliwal and P. Bajaj, “Melting behavior of
acrylonitrile polymers”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., vol. 70, pp. 2703-
2709, 1998.
[11] C. Hou, R. Qu, W. Qun and L. Ying, “Determination of
degradation rate of acrylonitrile polymers”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci.,
vol. 101, pp. 1511-1514, 2006.
[12] P. Bajaj, T. V. Sreekumar and K. Sen, “Thermal behaviour of
acrylonitrile copolymers having methacrylic and itaconic acid
comonomers”, Polymer, vol. 42, pp. 1707-1718, 2001.
[13] [13] A. K. Gupta, D. K. Paliwal and P. Bajaj, “Effect of the nature
and mole fraction of acidic comonomer on the stabilization of
polyacrylonitrile”, J. Appl. Polym., Sci. vol. 59, pp. 1819-1826,
1996.
[14] S. Soulis and J. Simitzis, “Thermomechanical behaviour of
poly[acrylonitrile-co-(methyl acrylate)] fibres oxidatively treated at
temperatures up to 180 ◦C”, Polym. Int., vol. 54, pp. 1474-1483,
2005.
[15] K. Gupta and R. P. Singhal, “Effect of copolymerization and heat
treatment on the structure and x-ray diffraction of
polyacrylonitrile”,J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys., vol. 21, pp.
2243-2262, 1983.
[16] J. Simitzis, and S. Soulis, “Correlation of chemical shrinkage of
polyacrylonitrile fibres with kinetics of cyclization”, Polym, Int.,
vol. 57, pp, 99-105, 2008.
[17] S. Xiao, H. Lv, Y. Tong, , L. Xu and B. Chen, “Thermal behavior
and kinetics during the stabilization of polyacrylonitrile precursor
in inert gas”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., vol. 122, pp. 480-488, 2011.
[18] M. Yu, C. Wang, Y. Zhao, M. Zhang, W. Wang, “Thermal
properties of acrylonitrile /itaconic acid polymers in oxidative and
nonoxidative atmospheres”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., vol. 116, pp.
1207-1212, 2010.
[19] E. Fitzer and D. J. Müller, “The influence of oxygen on the
chemical reactions during stabilization of PAN as carbon fiber
precursor”, Carbon., vol. 13, pp. 63-69, 1975.
[20] E. Fitzer, W. Frohs and M. Heine, “Optimization of stabilization
and carbonization treatment of PAN fibres and structural
characterization of the resulting carbon fibres”, Carbon., vol. 24,
pp. 387-395, 1986.
[21] N. Grassie and R. McGuchan, “Pyrolysis of polyacrylonitrile and
related polymers-VI. Acrylonitrile copolymers containing
carboxylic acid and amid structures”, Eur. Polym. J., vol. 8, pp.
257-269, 1972.
[22] S. H. Bahrami, P. Bajaj and K. Sen, “Thermal behavior of
acrylonitrile carboxylic acid copolymers”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., vol.
88, pp. 685-698, 2003.
[23] R. Devasia, C. P. Reghunadhan, P. Nair, B. K. Sivadasan and K. N.
Ninan, “Cyclization reaction in poly(acrylonitrile/itaconic acid)
copolymer: an isothermal differential scanning calorimetry kinetic
study”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., vol. 88, pp. 915-920, 2003.
[24] J. J. Liu, H. Ge and C. G. Wang, “Modification of polyacrylonitrile
precursors for carbon fiber via copolymerization of acrylonitrile
with ammonium itaconate”, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., vol. 102, pp.
2175-2179, 2006.
[25] S. J. Teertstra and M. Gauthier, “Dendrigraft polymers:
macromolecular engineering on a mesoscopic scale”, Prog. Polym.
Sci., vol. 29, pp. 277-327, 2004.
[26] J. M. J. Frechet and D. A. Tomalia, “Dendrimers and other
dendritic polymer”, John-Wiley, Chichester, 2001.
[27] F. Vogtle, S. Gestermann, R. Hesse, H. Schwierz and B. Windisch,
“Functional dendrimers”, Prog. Polym. Sci., vol. 25, pp. 987-1041,
2000.
[28] C. R. Yates and W. Hayes, “Synthesis and applications of
hyperbranched polymers”, Euro. Polym. J., vol. 40, pp. 1257-1281,
2004.
[29] S. Akbari, M. H. Kish and A. A. Entezami, “Copolymer of
acrylonitrile/acrylic acid solid surface film dendrigrafted with citric
acid”, Polym. Int., vol.57, pp. 846-853, 2008.
[30] S. Akbari, M. H. Kish and A. A. Entezami, “Modification of
acrylonitrile/acrylic acid copolymer films and fibers by dendrigraft
Formation”, Polym. Int., vol. 59, pp. 1550-1557, 2010.
[31] S. Akbari, M. H. Kish and A. A. Entezami, “Copolymer of
acrylonitrile/acrylic acid film dendrigrafted with citric acid: Hostguest
properties of dendrigraft -dye complexes and the effects of
acrylic acid content”, Iran. Polym. J., vol. 20, pp. 539-549, 2011.
[32] S. Vyazovkina, A. K. Burnhamb, J. M. Criadoc, L. A. Pérez-
Maquedac, C. Popescud and N. Sbirrazzuolie, “ICTAC Kinetics
Committee recommendations for performing kinetic computations
on thermal analysis data”, Thermochim. Acta., vol. 520, pp. 1-19,
2011.
[33] S. Vyazovkin, K. Chrissafis, M. L. Di Lorenzo, N. Koga, M.
Pijolat, B. Roduit, N. Sbirrazzuoli and J. J. Suñol, “ICTAC
Kinetics Committee recommendations for collecting experimental
thermal analysis data for kinetic computations”, Thermochim.
Acta., vol. 590, pp. 1-23, 2014.
[34] B. R. Reyhani, S. Akbari and M. H. Kish, “Dendrigraft with citric
acid on acrylonitrile /acrylic acid copolymer-electrospun fibers”,
Polym. Int., vol. 62, pp. 1767-1776, 2013.
[35] K. Sen, P. Bajaj and T. V. Sreekumar, “Thermal behavior of drawn
acrylic fibers”, J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys., vol. 41, pp.
2949-2958, 2003.
[36] R. L. Blaine and H. E. Kissinger,“Homer Kissinger and the
Kissinger equation”, Thermochim. Acta., vol. 540, pp. 1-6, 2012