The chemomechanical properties of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates

B Laycock, P Halley, S Pratt, A Werker, P Lant - Progress in polymer …, 2013 - Elsevier
Microbially produced polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are fully biodegradable biopolyesters
that have attracted much attention recently as alternative polymeric materials that can be …

Non-isothermal crystallization of polymers

ML Di Lorenzo, C Silvestre - Progress in Polymer Science, 1999 - Elsevier
Traditional studies of crystallization kinetics are often limited to idealized conditions, in which
the parameters of state (temperature, pressure, etc.) are constant. In real situations …

Crystallization kinetics and melting behaviors of nylon 6/foliated graphite nanocomposites

W Weng, G Chen, D Wu - Polymer, 2003 - Elsevier
This article studies the crystallization kinetics and melting behaviors of nylon 6/foliated
graphite electrically conducting nanocomposites. The crystallization kinetics under …

A highly active novel β-nucleating agent for isotactic polypropylene

S Zhao, Z Cai, Z Xin - Polymer, 2008 - Elsevier
A highly active novel β-nucleating agent for isotactic polypropylene (iPP), cadmium bicyclo
[2.2. 1] hept-5-ene-2, 3-dicarboxylate (BCHE30), was found and its effects on the …

Crystallization of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates: A review

Q Wang, Y Xu, P Xu, W Yang, M Chen, W Dong… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), produced by the microbial fermentation, is a promising
green polymer and has attracted much attention due to its excellent biocompatibility …

Preparation and Crystallization Kinetics of New Structurally Well-Defined Star-Shaped Biodegradable Poly(l-lactide)s Initiated with Diverse Natural Sugar Alcohols

Q Hao, F Li, Q Li, Y Li, L Jia, J Yang, Q Fang… - …, 2005 - ACS Publications
This study presents syntheses, structural characterization, and crystallization kinetic
investigation of new structurally well-defined star-shaped poly (l-lactide) s (PLLAs). First, a …

[HTML][HTML] Isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of composites of poly (propylene) and MWCNTs

N Coburn, P Douglas, D Kaya, J Gupta… - Advanced Industrial and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization behaviour of composites of a poly
(propylene)(PP) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were investigated using …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar/polypropylene composites: A study on the effect of pyrolysis temperature on crystallization kinetics, crystalline structure, and thermal stability

AA Alghyamah, AY Elnour, H Shaikh, S Haider… - Journal of King Saud …, 2021 - Elsevier
The crystallization behavior of polyolefins continues to gain much attention for the prediction
of suitable processing conditions. This study aims to understand the influence of biochar …

Nucleation characteristics of the α/β compounded nucleating agents and their influences on crystallization behavior and mechanical properties of isotactic …

S Zhao, Z Xin - Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Nucleation characteristics of isotactic polypropylene (iPP) nucleated by the α/β compounded
nucleating agents (NAs) were investigated by wide‐angle X‐ray scattering, differential …

Relationship between Johnson–Mehl–Avrami and Šesták–Berggren models in the kinetics of crystallization in amorphous materials

MA Arshad, AK Maaroufi - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the decades, the thermal analysis community has been effectively using the Johnson–
Mehl–Avrami (JMA) equation to model the crystallization kinetics of the processes occurring …