Structure and physical properties of syndiotactic polypropylene: A highly crystalline thermoplastic elastomer

C De Rosa, F Auriemma - Progress in polymer science, 2006 - Elsevier
After the discovery of single center metallocene catalysts in the 1980s highly stereoregular
syndiotactic polypropylene showing high crystallinity and melting temperature has been …

Structural mechanics of semicrystalline polymers prior to the yield point: a review

S Patlazhan, Y Remond - Journal of Materials Science, 2012 - Springer
The review focuses on the current studies of the deformation response and accompanying
structural transformations of thermoplastic semicrystalline polymers subjected to uniaxial …

Role of the entangled amorphous network in tensile deformation of semicrystalline polymers

Y Men, J Rieger, G Strobl - Physical review letters, 2003 - APS
Being composed of crystalline lamellae and entangled amorphous polymeric chains in
between, semicrystalline polymers always show a complicated deformation behavior under …

Properties of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) after thermo-oxidative aging

R Panowicz, M Konarzewski, T Durejko, M Szala… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The influence of the thermo-oxidative aging semi-crystalline polyethylene terephthalate
process on the thermal and mechanical properties was analysed in the article. For this …

Critical strains determine the tensile deformation mechanism in semicrystalline polymers

Y Men - Macromolecules, 2020 - ACS Publications
The deformation mechanism in semicrystalline polymers upon tensile loading has attracted
much attention since the discovery of synthetic polymers for its obvious application …

A model treating tensile deformation of semicrystalline polymers: Quasi-static stress− strain relationship and viscous stress determined for a sample of polyethylene

K Hong, A Rastogi, G Strobl - Macromolecules, 2004 - ACS Publications
Tensile deformation of semicrystalline polymers follows a common scheme with changes in
the mechanism at critical strains. Choosing a poly (ethylene-co-12% vinyl acetate)(PEVA12) …

Plasticity of semicrystalline polymers

Z Bartczak, A Galeski - Macromolecular symposia, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Semi‐crystalline polymers can be deformed up to a very high strain. The deformation
process involves frequently a complete molecular rearrangement of the chain‐folded …

Structural evolution of tensile deformed high-density polyethylene at elevated temperatures: Scanning synchrotron small-and wide-angle X-ray scattering studies

Z Jiang, Y Tang, J Rieger, HF Enderle, D Lilge… - Polymer, 2009 - Elsevier
The structural evolution of an ice-quenched high-density polyethylene (HDPE) subjected to
uniaxial tensile deformation at elevated temperatures was examined as a function of the …

Two lamellar to fibrillar transitions in the tensile deformation of high-density polyethylene

Z Jiang, Y Tang, J Rieger, HF Enderle, D Lilge… - …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The structural evolution of tensile-deformed high-density polyethylene (HDPE) at the
lamellar level was investigated as a function of strain using a scanning synchrotron small …

Structural evolution of tensile-deformed high-density polyethylene during annealing: scanning synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering study

Z Jiang, Y Tang, Y Men, HF Enderle, D Lilge… - …, 2007 - ACS Publications
The structural evolution of high-density polyethylene subjected to uniaxial tensile
deformation was investigated as a function of strain and after annealing at different …