Flow-induced crystallization (FIC) is a typical nonequilibrium phase transition and a core
industry subject for the largest group of commercially useful polymeric materials …

The world population will rapidly grow from 7 to 9 billion by 2050 and this will parallel a
surging annual plastics consumption from today's 350 million tons to well beyond 1 billion …

Critical examination finds that the longest chains play a catalytic role in the formation of
shish kebabs recruiting other chains into the formation of this morphology. The longest …

We make use of a specially synthesized linear high density polyethylene with a bimodal
molecular weight distribution (MWD) to demonstrate that it is possible to produce a …

The dissolution of flow-induced nucleation precursors in isotactic polypropylene is
investigated indirectly by means of in situ rheo-SAXS measurements. The progress of …

The effects of long chain branching on the nucleation density enhancements and
morphological evolution for polylactide (PLA) materials during shear-induced isothermal …

Brief intervals of shear prior to a temperature quench accelerate crystallization, resulting in
much smaller spherulites. Crystallization kinetics of five commercial linear isotactic …

We perform kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of flow-induced nucleation in polymer melts with
an algorithm that is tractable even at low undercooling. The configuration of the …

Flow-induced crystallization in polymers is an important problem in both fundamental
polymer science and industrial polymer processing. The key process of flow-induced …

The formation and relaxation of shish in molten isotactic polypropylene (iPP) and two
samples containing different commercial nucleating particles was studied during and after …