This article surveys some exciting possibilities and results offered by less common, yet
essential applications of differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis …

Many biopolymers are stiff and brittle and require plasticizers. To optimize the choice and
amount of plasticizer, the mechanisms behind plasticization need to be understood. For …

Fragility index and cooperativity length characterizing the molecular mobility in the
amorphous phase are for the first time calculated in drawn polylactide (PLA). The …

In most cases, a three-phase model consisting of crystalline domains surrounded by rigid
amorphous areas dispersed in the mobile amorphous phase is required and eventually …

Understanding the evolution of the cooperative molecular mobility as a function of time and
temperature remains an unsolved question in condensed matter research. However …

New experimental results focused on Flash DSC, DSC and broadband dielectric
spectroscopy investigations are reported in this work. The fictive temperatures and fragility …

Among all the emergent biobased polymers, poly (ethylene 2, 5-furandicarboxylate)(2, 5-
PEF) seems to be particularly interesting for packaging applications. This work is focused on …

Abstract The concept of Cooperative Rearranging Region (CRR), an efficient probe of the
interaction level in nanocomposites, has been used in Poly (lactic acid)(PLA)-based …

This works aims to investigate the effect of the molecular groups found in polyester
backbones (type of ring in the acidic subunit and length of the glycolic subunit) on the …

Kinetic fragility and cooperativity length, two major characteristics of the relaxation dynamics
at the glass transition, are, respectively, investigated by dynamic mechanical analysis and …