Recently, polymer crystallization in ultrathin films (thickness less than 100nm) on solid
substrates has attracted increased attention. As it can be considered to be a quasi-two …

In the transition to safer, more energy-dense solid state batteries, polymer–ceramic
composite electrolytes may offer a potential route to achieve simultaneously high Li-ion …

Morphologies, growth rates, and melting of isothermally crystallized ultrathin (200− 1 nm)
poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) films have been investigated in real time by atomic force …

The substrate roughness is a very important parameter that can influence the properties of
supported thin films. In this work, we investigate the effect of surface roughness on the …

Confined at the nanoscale level, polymers crystallize much slower than in bulk, and in some
cases, the formation of ordered structure is inhibited within extremely long experimental time …

The crystallization kinetics in ultrathin polymer films have been investigated by several
spectroscopic techniques in both isothermal, 1-4 ie, annealing at a temperature Ta between …

PEO films were prepared on glass substrates from dissolved PEO powder in methanol using
the solution casting technique. The investigation of these PEO films involved the utilization of …

A new approach for imposing long-range, defect-free confinement was used to study the
crystallization kinetics of ultrathin polymer layers. Layer multiplying coextrusion was utilized …

We present a study of homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation in polymer
crystallisation. In bulk samples the crystallization is typically dominated by nucleation from …

Surface Phenomena in the Structural and Mechanical Behaviour of Solid Polymers explores
the role of various surface phenomena in the structural and mechanical behaviour of …