During industrial processing, such as film blowing and injection molding, semicrystalline
polymers have to be subjected to external flow. Flow changes the nucleation rate, crystal …

Since methods for reducing macromolecule entanglements have been developed, it has
become possible to better understand the impact of polymer chain entanglement on the …

Porous structure design on the contact surface is crucial to promote the osseointegration of
the intervertebral cage while preventing subsidence and displacement. However, the stress …

Variations of the properties of virgin and recycled powders are still important challenges in
high-temperature laser powder bed fusion, which directly affect the processing parameters …

Non‐isothermal crystallization kinetics has been traditionally predicted using the Nakamura
crystal growth model, which is an integral form of the Avrami equation under the assumption …

As fused filament fabrication (FFF) continues to gain popularity, many studies are turning to
nanomaterials or optimization of printing parameters to improve the materials' properties; …

The coupling effects of mold temperature and packing pressure fields on structure evolution
of isotactic polypropylene with β-nucleating agent (iPP/β) during injection molding were …

Injection-molding of rather slow crystallizing poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA) was analyzed
regarding the formation of crystal nuclei at different distances from the skin in a standard test …

A new low melting temperature poly (aryl ether ketone)(PAEK) thermoplastic polymer
(Victrex AE 250) was investigated through thermal and rheological analysis of films and …

Knowledge of the conditions required to obtain an isotropic melt of the polymer of interest,
which before was subjected to shear and crystallization, is important for understanding and …