1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF REVIEW As one milestone in the history of
polymerization chemistry, the work of Ziegler and Natta has led to the rapid …

The interest in confined crystallization has greatly increased with the development and
progress of nanotechnology applications. Polymeric confined crystallization has been …

Single-crystal polymers (SCPs) with unambiguous chemical structures at atomic-level
resolutions have attracted great attention. Obtaining precise structural information of these …

The preparation of well-defined nanoparticles based on soft matter, using solution-
processing techniques on a commercially viable scale, is a major challenge of widespread …

Conspectus Plastics materials are a vital component of modern technologies. They are
applied, eg, in construction, transportation, communication, water supply, or health care …

We review previous works on polymer confined crystallization employing strategies that
allow confinement to go from the micron to the nanometer scale: droplets, blends, block …

Microplastics are ubiquitous in the aquatic environment and polyethylene (PE) fragments
are commonly identified in field samples. Studies are needed to evaluate the toxicity of …

A thiol-labeled single polyethylene oxide chain has been pulled out of its single crystal and
the corresponding extraction force obtained quantitatively by a good combination of atomic …

Poly (N, N-dimethylacrylamide)− polyethylene (AE) diblock copolymers were synthesized by
the combination of living anionic and reversible addition− fragmentation transfer (RAFT) …

Polymer single crystals and correlated crystalline structures are reviewed by emphasizing
the last 10–20 years of research on fundamental concepts, single crystal engineering, and …