For the last decades, nanocomposites materials have been widely studied in the scientific
literature as they provide substantial properties enhancements, even at low nanoparticles …

In the large field of nanotechnology, polymer matrix based nanocomposites have become a
prominent area of current research and development. Exfoliated clay-based …

The interest in confined crystallization has greatly increased with the development and
progress of nanotechnology applications. Polymeric confined crystallization has been …

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 …

A nucleation efficiency scale for isotactic poly (l‐lactide)(PLLA) was obtained with self‐
nucleation and nonisothermal differential scanning calorimetry experiments. The maximum …

A new procedure to fractionate ethylene/α-olefin copolymers using DSC is presented. This
procedure allows melt/melt and melt/solid segregation to occur during thermal cycles that …

Self-nucleation (SN) is a special nucleation process triggered by self-seeds or self-nuclei
that are generated in a given polymeric material by specific thermal protocols or by inducing …

Crystallization of block copolymer microdomains can have a tremendous influence on the
morphology, properties and applications of these materials. In this review, particular …

We review previous works on polymer confined crystallization employing strategies that
allow confinement to go from the micron to the nanometer scale: droplets, blends, block …

It is widely known that when a polymer is heated just above its melting point and is kept at a
given temperature (denoted Ts) for a short time, when it is cooled down its nucleation …