Gels with high mechanical performance have attracted great interest because of their
potential biomedical applications. Tough gels reported thus far usually contain sacrificial …

Synchrotron radiation facilities have been established and become very familiar in the
polymer community not only from academic but also industrial viewpoints. It is not so …

This feature article summarizes the comprehensive studies of hierarchical structures formed
in poly (lactic acid)(PLA)/poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) blends. This system is of interest …

The intriguing crystallization behavior of poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) in a blend specimen of
PEG with poly (L-lactic acid)(PLLA) was studied by polarized optical microscopy (POM) and …

Confined crystallization of the poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) in poly (L-lactic acid)(PLLA)
spherulite in a PLLA/PEG (50/50) blend specimen was studied by simultaneous small-and …

A series of novel self-assembling star-blocks consisting of M w= 29 000 g/mol 3-arm
polyisobutylene (PIB) stars and oligo (β-alanine) end segments were synthesized and …

We report the synthesis and characterization of ultra-tough polylactide-based ionic
nanocomposites via melt-blending of commercial polylactide (PLA), imidazolium …

The nucleating effect of silk fibroin nano-disc (SFN) on the crystallization behavior of poly (L-
lactic acid)(PLLA) was investigated by simultaneous synchrotron small-and wide-angle X …

In an earlier study of ours (Li et al., IUCrJ, 2019 6, 968–983), we conjectured that small-
angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) in semicrystalline polymers might be from evanescence wave …

Size distribution is an important structural aspect in order to rationalize relationship between
structure and property of materials utilizing polydisperse nanoparticles. One may come to …