Fracture toughness, a parameter representing the resistance to fracture and capacity of a
material to absorb impact force or energy, is one of the key performance indicators that need …

Polypropylene (PP) and its allotropic forms is one of the most important polymeric materials
due to its wide commercial penetration and academic interest over the last decades. The …

A challenge in extrusion‐based additive manufacturing of polypropylene (PP) filled with
spherical particles is the combination of decent processability, excellent warpage control …

Melt blending poly (l-lactide)(PLLA) with various biodegradable polymers has been thought
to be the most economic and effective route to toughen PLLA without compromising its …

Large amount of work has been reported on the annealing of polypropylene (PP) and the
related changes in mechanical properties. However, the structure–property correlations and …

It has been well established that, although both shear flow and β-nucleating agent could
separately induce β-crystals in isotactic polypropylene (iPP) in an efficient manner, their …

Oriented “shish-kebab” structure can enable remarkable mechanical enhancement in
polymers. Therefore, the formation mechanism and practical application of this structure …

In this review, the phenomenon of polymorphism in polymers is discussed on the basis of
the thermodynamic stability of different polymorphs that defines the conformations of chains …

The self-nucleation behavior of β-form isotactic polypropylene (β-iPP) crystals in ultrathin
films has been probed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and optical microscopy (OM). The …

With the continuous development of energy density and charge–discharge rates of lithium-
ion batteries in recent years, safety function has become the most concerning issue. In this …