New findings during the last decade have triggered a reconsideration of the foundations of
polymer crystallization. The article reviews the new experimental results, points to some …

Over the past two decades atomic force microscopy (AFM) has become one of the most
frequently used tools for studying polymer crystallization. The combination of high resolution …

The dependence of properties on the structure and morphology of semicrystalline polymers
offers an effective way to tailor the properties of these materials through crystal engineering …

Periodic patterning on one-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is of great interest
from both scientific and technological points of view. In this letter, we report using a facile …

In order to improve stress transfer between polymer matrixes and nanofillers, controlling the
structure development in the interphase region during composite processing is a necessity …

Polymers filled with inorganic nanoparticles have become interesting materials as dielectrics
because of their improved mechanical and electrical properties compared with the unfilled …

Studies on the influence of foreign surfaces on the crystallization of polymers have
demonstrated that the lamellae of the epitaxial polymer in the contact layer could be several …

Besides heterogeneous nucleation, a solid surface can induce crystallization of a liquid via
the less known process of prefreezing. Prefreezing refers to the formation of a …

The polymer decoration technique has been widely used to study the chain folding behavior
of polymer single crystals. In this article, we demonstrate that this method can be …

Biodegradable semicrystalline polymers have attracted great interest in fundamental
research as well as in technology. Biodegradability, biocompatibility with organisms, and …