Spherulites and spherulitic growth are characteristic of melt-crystallized polymers and exert
a profound influence on their mechanical and other properties. They and their formation …

The observed twisting of crystals about the growth direction in spherulites is modeled as a
response to fields generated during the crystal growth process. These fields can be …

The use of high-melting fibres as linear nuclei for quiescent polymeric melts is instrumental
in providing the superior mechanical properties of polymeric self-composites. It also has …

The crystalline morphology in thin and ultrathin films of linear low-density polyethylene is
reported here. Films with thickness ranging from 20 to 800 nm were isothermally crystallized …

Novel observations of polyethylene crystallizing from the melt as row structures on linear
nuclei show that at lower temperatures, when there is banded crystallization, lamellae form …

At high temperatures, linear polyethylene crystallizes from the quiescent melt as lamellae
with inclined,∼{201}, fold surfaces. Accordingly, when grown on linear nuclei to form row …

Position dependence for the supermolecular morphology of linear low density polyethylene
(LLDPE) prepared by gas-assisted injection molding (GAIM) was examined using scanning …

Observations of the growth of row structures of linear low-density polyethylenes grown on
fibers as linear nuclei were made looking down the growth direction, allowing the …

The morphology and kinetics of developing large spherulites of a metallocene-catalyzed
linear-low-density polyethylene have been investigated in real time with polarizing optical …

Fine bare wire thermocouples (12.5 and 25 μm) embedded in polymer films have been used
to generate cooling curves in a series of studies, reported earlier, involving crystallization at …