Polymeric and non-polymeric materials often crystallize as spherulites when crystallized
from viscous melts or solutions at large undercooling. The essential component of a …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been extensively used for the nanoscale
characterization of polymeric materials. The coupling of AFM with infrared spectroscope …

Polymer Microscopy, Third Edition, is a comprehensive and practical guide to the study of
the microstructure of polymers, and is the result of the authors' many years of academic and …

Over the past 30 years, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has played an important role in
elucidating the structure and properties of polymer surfaces. AFM-based techniques have …

The origin of phase contrast in tapping-mode atomic force microscopy has been investigated
using two complementary scanning probe microscopy techniques, atomic force microscopy …

Nafion® is a commercially available perfluorosulphonate cation exchange membrane
commonly used as a perm-selective separator in chlor-alkali electrolysers and as the …

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 …

Atomic force microscopy has been used to image the crystallization of polyethylene shish
kebab crystals in situ, in real time, with nanometer resolution. Images of the extended chain …

The dynamic growth processes of lamellae and spherulites of a polymer (BA-C8)
synthesized by condensation polymerization of bisphenol A and 1, 8-dibromooctane were …

Poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) was added to aluminum/poly (vinylidene
fluoride)(Al/PVDF) energetic blends to enhance melt flow rate and adhesion in a fused …