Polymer-processing operations with dominating elongational flow have a great relevance,
especially in several relevant industrial applications. Film blowing, fiber spinning and …

Polyglycolic acid (PGA) is considered a promising competitor in green packaging due to its
superior strength and outstanding barrier properties, but its applications are limited by its …

Polylactide (PLA) is considered as an ideal alternative of petroleum-based plastics due to its
high tensile strength and biodegradability. However, the low impact strength limits its …

The preparation of high-toughness and high-strength poly (lactic acid)(PLA) is of great
significance for promoting its application in packing, construction, and medical fields …

The rate-temperature dependent brittle-ductile transition (BDT) behavior of PMMA
(polymethyl methacrylate) mode-II fracture was investigated through tensile-loading shear …

As a key component in laminated glass, plasticized polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayer is a
kind of impact‐resistant polymer material with high toughness. Recently, by using ultrasmall …

Dog-bone shaped poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) samples were pre-stretched at
different temperatures (within the glass transition range and slightly above) to different …

Polylactide films were prepared by uniaxial hot-stretching to gain deep insight into the effect
of microstructure evolution on film-forming properties. The film thickness uniformity …

Developing advanced structural polymers with simultaneously high strength and toughness
remains a significant materials design challenge. Two strategies that have been used in …

Usually, poly (l-lactic acid)(PLLA) needs to be kept for a sufficiently long time (eg, several
hours) at crystallization temperature to achieve high crystallinity without adding nucleating …