The essential work of fracture (EWF) concept has become very popular to characterize the
plane stress toughness of ductile polymers and related systems. The widespread use of the …

Polymer/inorganic nanoparticle nanocomposites have garnered considerable academic and
industrial interest over recent decades in the development of advanced materials for a wide …

The methods of preparation and formation of supermolecular structures in quiescent and
sheared melts and the properties of the β-modification of isotactic polypropylene (β-iPP) are …

This paper reports on the optimization of polypropylene (PP) feedstock material towards
extrusion-based additive manufacturing. To achieve this, two commercially available grades …

This research aims to study the photo-degradation characteristics for zinc oxide (ZnO)
nanoparticle filled polypropylene (PP) nanocomposites. By paying attention to the evolution …

The fracture and failure mode of α-and β-phase polypropylene homopolymers (PP-H), block-
(PP-B) and random-type (PP-R) copolymers with ethylene were studied in high speed (1.2 …

The microstructure and mechanical properties of β-nucleated iPP before and after being
annealed at different temperatures (90− 160° C) have been analyzed. Annealing induced …

The focus of this research is to investigate how exfoliated graphite nanoplatelets,
xGnP™,(graphene sheets∼ 10 nm thickness,∼ 1 μm diameter), a nanomaterial developed …

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 …

In order to study the effect of the α, β crystalline structure of polypropylene (PP) on its
mechanical properties, it is necessary to prepare samples with variable α/β-phase content …