Multiscale and multistep ordering of flow-induced nucleation of polymers

K Cui, Z Ma, N Tian, F Su, D Liu, L Li - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Flow-induced crystallization (FIC) is a typical nonequilibrium phase transition and a core
industry subject for the largest group of commercially useful polymeric materials …

Recent progress in flow‐induced polymer crystallization

C Nie, F Peng, R Cao, K Cui, J Sheng… - Journal of Polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
During industrial processing, such as film blowing and injection molding, semicrystalline
polymers have to be subjected to external flow. Flow changes the nucleation rate, crystal …

Polymer crystallization under external flow

J Sheng, W Chen, K Cui, L Li - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The general aspects of polymer crystallization under external flow, ie, flow-induced
crystallization (FIC) from fundamental theoretical background to multi-scale characterization …

In Situ Synchrotron Radiation Techniques: Watching Deformation-induced Structural Evolutions of Polymers

LB Li - Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2018 - Springer
Synchrotron radiation (SR) provides highly brilliant light with tunable wavelength from hard
X-ray to far infrared, on which scattering, spectroscopy and imaging techniques with high …

Stretch-induced reverse Brill transition in polyamide 46

M An, Q Zhang, Y Lin, D Wang, W Chen, L Meng… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Structural transitions of polyamide 46 (PA46) films during the tensile stretch at temperatures
from 37 to 249° C were studied using in situ synchrotron radiation wide-angle X-ray …

Regulating two distinct formation pathways of the thermodynamically stable phase to tune crystal polymorphism: the case of butene/pentene copolymers

Y Lou, L Liu, W Li, R Zhao, Z Ma - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Macromolecules with unique long-chain architecture can not only crystallize into a
thermodynamically stable crystal but also form a kinetically favored crystal, where the latter …

Strain rate dependence of stretch-induced crystallization and crystal transition of poly (dimethylsiloxane)

J Zhao, S Feng, W Zhang, W Chen, J Sheng… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The stretch-induced crystallization (SIC) and crystal transition (SCT) of silica-reinforced poly
(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) in parameter spaces of strain rate (from 0.002 to 2 s–1) and …

Stretch-Induced Crystallization and Phase Transitions of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) at Low Temperatures: An in Situ Synchrotron Radiation Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering …

J Zhao, P Chen, Y Lin, J Chang, A Lu, W Chen… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Stretch-induced crystallization (SIC) and phase transitions of poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS)
have been studied with the in situ synchrotron radiation wide-angle X-ray scattering …

Effect of Ions on the Flow-Induced Crystallization of Poly (vinylidene fluoride)

Z Chu, R Zhao, B Wang, L Liu, Z Ma, Y Li - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
The flow-induced crystallization of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)–ion composites in the
presence of externally added ions was investigated by in situ wide-angle X-ray diffraction …

Multiscale characterization of semicrystalline polymeric materials by synchrotron radiation X‐ray and neutron scattering

W Chen, D Liu, L Li - Polymer Crystallization, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Synchrotron radiation (SR) X‐ray and neutron scattering provide excellent probes for the
investigation of polymeric material. Based on high brilliant beam with a tunable wavelength …