Abstract Analysis of the crystallization kinetics of numerous polymers has revealed a
bimodal dependence of the gross crystallization rate on temperature, often leading to the …

Recent experimental studies are extensively reviewed on the crystallization of polymer
chains spatially confined in small domains with their dimension on the order of 10 nm …

By using the in-situ reflection− absorption infrared technique, the glass transition
temperatures of poly (ethylene terephthalate) thin films were determined by detecting the …

The question of how to scale the mobility gradient of polymer chains near a substrate in
supported ultrathin polymer films is a great challenge. In this paper, a mobility gradient of …

Rose petals exhibit superhydrophobicity with strong adhesion to pin water drops, known as
the'petal effect.'It is generally believed that the petal effect is attributed to dual-scale …

The primary goal of this project was to develop a flexible transparent conductor with 100Ω/sq
and 90% transmittance in the wavelength range of 400–700nm on a flexible substrate. The …

Crystallization is an important property of polymeric materials. In conventional viewpoint, the
transformation of disordered chains into crystals is usually a spatially homogeneous process …

Ultrathin polymer films exhibit a liquidlike mobile surface layer near the free surface, which
plays an important role in the size-dependent physical properties of polymer nanomaterials …

The near-surface crystallization behaviour of poly (ethylene terephthalate) films of various
thickness, spin-cast from solution onto silicon substrates, has been studied. In the as-cast …

The cold crystallization process in poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) spin-coated ultrathin
films was studied by infrared spectroscopy. The conformational change associated to the …