When cooled or pressurized, polymer melts exhibit a tremendous reduction in molecular
mobility. If the process is performed at a constant rate, the structural relaxation time of the …

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

Among all solid electrolytes, composite solid polymer electrolytes, comprised of polymer
matrix and ceramic fillers, garner great interest due to the enhancement of ionic conductivity …

Spatial confinement in nanoporous media affects the structure, thermodynamics and mobility
of molecular soft matter often markedly. This article reviews thermodynamic equilibrium …

Conspectus Crystallization of polymeric materials under nanoscopic confinement is highly
relevant for nanotechnology applications. When a polymer is confined within rigid …

Stiffness variable materials have been applied in a variety of engineering fields that require
adaptation, automatic modulation, and morphing because of their unique property to switch …

The crystallization of heterogeneously nucleated bulk polymers typically occurs in a single
exothermic process, within a narrow temperature range, ie, a single exothermic peak is …

Polymers with the same chemical composition can provide different properties by reducing
the dimension or simply by altering their nanostructure. The recent literature reports …

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 …

The pathway of crystal nucleation significantly influences the structure and properties of
semi-crystalline polymers. Crystal nucleation is normally heterogeneous at low …