Modeling of morphology evolution in the injection molding process of thermoplastic polymers

R Pantani, I Coccorullo, V Speranza… - Progress in polymer …, 2005 - Elsevier
A thorough analysis of the effect of operative conditions of injection molding process on the
morphology distribution inside the obtained moldings is performed, with particular reference …

Control of the hierarchical structure of polymer articles via “structuring” processing

K Wang, F Chen, Z Li, Q Fu - Progress in Polymer Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Every day, numerous polymer materials are fabricated into specific articles with definite
sizes, shapes and forms using polymer processing. Obviously, polymer processing has …

Scanning nanocalorimetry at high cooling rate of isotactic polypropylene

F De Santis, S Adamovsky, G Titomanlio… - Macromolecules, 2006 - ACS Publications
A wide set of cooling scans and subsequent melting behavior of isotactic polypropylene (i-
PP) were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry and nanocalorimetry at very …

Isothermal nanocalorimetry of isotactic polypropylene

F De Santis, S Adamovsky, G Titomanlio… - Macromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
A wide set of crystallization isotherms and the subsequent melting behavior of isotactic
polypropylene (i-PP) were investigated using differential scanning calorimetry and …

Microinjection molding of thermoplastic polymers: morphological comparison with conventional injection molding

J Giboz, T Copponnex, P Mélé - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The skin–core crystalline morphology of injection-molded semi-crystalline polymers is well
documented in the scientific literature. The thermomechanical environment provokes …

The use of variotherm systems for microinjection molding

Q Su, N Zhang, MD Gilchrist - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Microinjection molding (μIM) is a fast‐developing technology which is used to produce
polymeric microcomponents or components with micro/nanoscale features, such as are …

Effect of shear flow on spherulitic growth and nucleation rates of polypropylene

F De Santis, R Pantani, G Titomanlio - Polymer, 2016 - Elsevier
The effect of flow on the crystallization kinetics of polymers is well known, at least from a
qualitative point of view. Quantitative determinations are difficult to obtain, due to the …

Multiscale mechanical characterization of iPP injection molded samples

S Liparoti, A Sorrentino, V Speranza… - European Polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mechanical characterizations at different length scales represent a very intriguing possibility
for correlating the fine internal morphologies with the macroscopic properties of a polymer …

Fast mold surface temperature evolution: Relevance of asymmetric surface heating for morphology of iPP molded samples

S Liparoti, A Sorrentino, G Guzman, M Cakmak… - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
It is widely accepted that mold temperature has a strong effect on the amount of molecular
orientation and morphology developed in a non-isothermal flowing melt. In this work, this …

On the origin of the “core‐free” morphology in microinjection‐molded HDPE

J Giboz, AB Spoelstra, G Portale… - Journal of Polymer …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the morphology of a high‐density polyethylene processed with
microinjection molding. Previous work pointed out that a “core‐free” morphology exists for a …