Non-isothermal crystallization of polymers

ML Di Lorenzo, C Silvestre - Progress in Polymer Science, 1999 - Elsevier
Traditional studies of crystallization kinetics are often limited to idealized conditions, in which
the parameters of state (temperature, pressure, etc.) are constant. In real situations …

Designing polymer crystallinity: An industrial perspective

D Mileva, D Tranchida, M Gahleitner - Polymer Crystallization, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
More than 50% of the thermoplastic polymers applied globally are semi‐crystalline, making
crystallization part of the material and component design process for these materials. The …

High-Speed Calorimetry for the Study of the Kinetics of (De)vitrification, Crystallization, and Melting of Macromolecules

TFJ Pijpers, VBF Mathot, B Goderis… - …, 2002 - ACS Publications
This paper reports on the characteristics and use of a new mode of measurement: High
Performance DSC (HPer DSC), which represents a major step forward in high-speed …

A phenomenological constitutive model for semicrystalline two-way shape memory polymers

C Yan, Q Yang, G Li - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, two-way shape memory effect (2W-SME) has been demonstrated in several types
of shape memory polymers (SMPs). Unlike classical one-way shape memory effect (1W …

Polypropylene crystallization as a physical gelation process

NV Pogodina, HH Winter - Macromolecules, 1998 - ACS Publications
Early stages of crystallization of polymers may be viewed as physical gelation. This is shown
with four commercial isotactic polypropylenes, which have been studied by dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Orientation-induced crystallization of isotactic polypropylene

Q Liu, X Sun, H Li, S Yan - Polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
In polymer processing operations, the molten polymer chains are frequently subjected to
shear or/and elongation flow fields, which will produce molecular chain orientation of the …

Quantification of non-isothermal, multi-phase crystallization of isotactic polypropylene: The influence of cooling rate and pressure

M Van Drongelen, TB Van Erp, GWM Peters - Polymer, 2012 - Elsevier
The structure of semi-crystalline polymers is strongly influenced by the conditions applied
during processing and is of major importance for the final properties of the product. A …

Mechanical characterization of polymers on a nanometer scale through nanoindentation. A study on pile-up and viscoelasticity

D Tranchida, S Piccarolo, J Loos, A Alexeev - Macromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
The analysis of nanoindentation force curves collected on polymers through the common
Oliver and Pharr procedure does not lead to a correct evaluation of Young's modulus. In …

[HTML][HTML] From the glassy state to ordered polymer structures: A microhardness study

A Flores, F Ania, FJ Baltá-Calleja - Polymer, 2009 - Elsevier
The review covers the understanding of the nanostructure development in glassy and
semicrystalline polymers as revealed by indentation hardness methods. The microhardness …

Chain folding in main-chain liquid crystalline polyester with strong π–π interaction: An efficient β-nucleating agent for isotactic polypropylene

R Yang, L Ding, W Chen, L Chen, X Zhang, J Li - Macromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
The influence of the main-chain liquid crystalline polyester (PBDPS) on the crystallization
and melting behaviors of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) has been investigated by differential …