[HTML][HTML] Fractionated crystallization in semicrystalline polymers

L Sangroniz, B Wang, Y Su, G Liu, D Cavallo… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The crystallization of heterogeneously nucleated bulk polymers typically occurs in a single
exothermic process, within a narrow temperature range, ie, a single exothermic peak is …

The role of hydrogen bonding in non-ionic polymer adsorption to cellulose nanocrystals and silica colloids

MS Reid, M Villalobos, ED Cranston - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface …, 2017 - Elsevier
A piqued interest in nanocellulose has recently arisen due to the growing need to use
sustainable and renewable materials in place of those that are derived from petrochemical …

Polymer dynamics in PEG-silica nanocomposites: Effects of polymer molecular weight, temperature and solvent dilution

SY Kim, HW Meyer, K Saalwächter… - Macromolecules, 2012 - ACS Publications
The mechanical properties of particulate nanocomposites strongly depend upon the particle
dispersion, as well as on the closely related properties in thin polymer films covering the …

Comparative studies on effects of silica and titania nanoparticles on crystallization and complex segmental dynamics in poly (dimethylsiloxane)

P Klonos, A Panagopoulou, L Bokobza, A Kyritsis… - Polymer, 2010 - Elsevier
Effects of in situ synthesized silica and titania nanoparticles, 5 and 20–40 nm in diameter,
respectively, on glass transition and segmental dynamics of poly (dimethylsiloxane) …

Direct and indirect effects on molecular mobility in renewable polylactide–poly (propylene adipate) block copolymers as studied via dielectric spectroscopy and …

PA Klonos, Z Terzopoulou, A Zamboulis, MÁ Valera… - Soft Matter, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we study a series of sustainable block copolymers based on polylactide, PLA,
and poly (propylene adipate), PPAd, both polymers being prepared from renewable …

Interfacial phenomena at a surface of individual and complex fumed nanooxides

VM Gun'ko, VV Turov, VI Zarko, OV Goncharuk… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Investigations of interfacial and temperature behaviors of nonpolar and polar adsorbates
interacting with individual and complex fumed metal or metalloid oxides (FMO), initial and …

Dielectric and calorimetric study in renewable polymer blends based on poly (ethylene adipate) and poly (lactic acid) with microphase separation

PA Klonos, M Lazaridou, C Samiotaki, A Kyritsis… - Polymer, 2022 - Elsevier
A series of sustainable polymeric blends based on poly (lactic acid)(PLA) and poly (ethylene
adipate)(PEAd), are studied herein, from the point of view of thermal transitions …

Effects of interfacial interactions and of crystallization on rigid amorphous fraction and molecular dynamics in polylactide/silica nanocomposites: A methodological …

P Klonos, P Pissis - Polymer, 2017 - Elsevier
We employ a partly new experimental approach to polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) based
on a semicrystalline matrix, in order to distinguish between phenomena affiliated, on the one …

Morphology and molecular dynamics investigation of PDMS adsorbed on titania nanoparticles: effects of polymer molecular weight

P Klonos, G Dapei, IY Sulym, S Zidropoulos… - European Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Morphology, thermal transitions and molecular dynamics of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
adsorbed onto low specific surface area (25 m 2/g) spherical-like titania (TiO 2) …

Synthesis, crystallization, and molecular mobility in poly (ε-caprolactone) copolyesters of different architectures for biomedical applications studied by calorimetry and …

E Christodoulou, PA Klonos, K Tsachouridis… - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we synthesized poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) and three copolyesters of different
architectures based on three different alcohols, namely a three arm-copolymer based on 1 …