During industrial processing, such as film blowing and injection molding, semicrystalline
polymers have to be subjected to external flow. Flow changes the nucleation rate, crystal …

Multiblock copolymers represent a fascinating class of materials that sits at the very heart of
industrial applications and fundamental polymer science. They are most often made of a …

Theoretical approaches addressing the mechanism of polymer crystallization remain the
great challenge in polymer science. Numerous different, or even conflicting, models/theories …

Polymer materials are multiscale systems by definition. Already the description of a single
macromolecule involves a multitude of scales, and cooperative processes in polymer …

Attributed to its strain-induced crystallization (SIC), natural rubber (NR) exhibits more
excellent mechanical properties compared to other elastomeric materials and has been …

The deformation mechanism in semicrystalline polymers upon tensile loading has attracted
much attention since the discovery of synthetic polymers for its obvious application …

Tensile deformation behavior of semicrystalline high-density polyethylene (HDPE) was
investigated and compared with compression to identify the main mechanisms and …

The crystallization of polymers is not, despite its importance in science and engineering,
entirely understood due to the challenge of tracking the behavior of individual polymer …

It has previously been shown that polyethylene (PE) with a bimodal molar mass distribution
has a high fracture toughness. Our approach has been to use coarse-grained (CG) …

Exploring the relationship between the polymer structure and property/function is a long-
lasting topic in polymer science since relevant research is critical for the rational design of …