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Résumé :
Polymer Crystallization

Control the development of polymer crystals with this groundbreaking introduction

Polymer crystallization is a crucial component of polymer development that impacts processing, applications, presentation, and more. Intervention in the polymer crystallization process, in the form of nanofilters, compatibilizers, and more, has the potential to improve optical and chemical properties, improve degrees of crystallinity, and increase the hardness of polymer composites. The myriad applications of crystalline polymers make this one of the most exciting and fast-growing fields in polymer research.

Polymer Crystallization provides a comprehensive introduction to this field and its most important recent developments. It characterizes and analysis an expansive range of crystalline polymers and discusses possible mechanisms for influencing their crystallization processes to impact a variety of outcomes and applications. These applications include industries from food packaging to automotive parts to medical and aerospace materials.

Polymer Crystallization readers will also find:

• Detailed treatment of polymer morphology, rheology, modeling, and more
• Thorough introduction to the fundamentals of polymer crystallization
• Discussion of environmental safety issues and avenues for future research

Polymer Crystallization is a useful reference for materials scientists, polymer scientists, biomedical scientists, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in these and related fields....

Biographie:

Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Science at Alliance University, Karnataka, India. He has published extensively on polymer crystallization and related subjects and his past awards and honors include the DSTs INSPIRE Faculty Award and the Kerala State Award for Best Young Scientist.

Jenny Jacob, PhD, is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Bioscience at Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies Tiruvalla. She has published extensively and received numerous awards for her research into polymer crystallization and related fields.

Senthilkumar Krishnasamy, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Coimbatore, India. He has researched extensively into polymer composites and related subjects and has edited several books.

Aswathy Jayakumar, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Food and Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. She received the award for Best Paper in Biotechnology at the 31st Kerala Science Congress, 2019, and has published extensively on nanotechnology-based food packaging systems and related fields.

Nishar Hameed, PhD, is Group Leader in Smart Materials and Composites and an Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. He has published widely in numerous high-quality international journals....

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Preface xi

Editor Biography xiii

1 Introduction to Polymer Crystallization 1
N.M. Nurazzi, M.N.F. Norrrahim, S.S. Shazleen, M.M. Harussani, F.A. Sabaruddin, and M.R.M. Asyraf

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Degree of Crystallinity 3

1.3 Thermodynamics on the Crystallization of Polymers Characteristics 4

1.4 Polymer Crystallization Mechanism 5

1.4.1 Strain-Induced Crystallization of Polymer 5

1.4.2 Crystallization of Polymer from Solution 7

1.5 Applications of Crystalline Polymer 8

References 10

2 Characterization of Polymer Crystallization by Using Thermal Analysis 13
Kai Yang, Xiuling Zhang, Mohanapriya Venkataraman, Jakub Wiener, and Jiri Militky

2.1 Introduction 13

2.2 Basic Principle 14

2.2.1 General Idea 14

2.2.2 Application of DSC Method 15

2.3 Characterization of Polymer Crystallization According to Isothermal Crystallization Process 16

2.3.1 Performance of Isothermal Crystallization Process 16

2.3.2 Analysis of Isothermal Crystallization Process 16

2.3.2.1 Crystal Geometry 17

2.3.2.2 Characterization of Crystallization Rate 18

2.3.2.3 Characterization of Crystallization Activation Energy 18

2.3.3 Isothermal Crystallization of Some Polymer Composites 19

2.4 Characterization of Polymer Non-isothermal Crystallization Process 20

2.4.1 Basics of Nonlinear Crystallization Modeling 20

2.4.2 Performance of Non-isothermal Crystallization Process 20

2.4.3 Analysis of Crystal Geometry During Non-isothermal Crystallization Process 21

2.4.3.1 Jeziorny-Modified Avrami Equation 21

2.4.3.2 Ozawa Model 21

2.4.3.3 Mo model 25

2.4.4 Determination of Crystallization Activation Energy (E) 26

2.4.5 Analysis of Relative Crystallinity 27

2.5 Conclusion 27

Acknowledgment 28

Abbreviations 28

References 28

3 Crystallization Behavior of Polypropylene and Its Blends and Composites 33
Daniela Mileva, Davide Tranchida, Enrico Carmeli, Dietrich Gloger, and Markus Gahleitner

3.1 Introduction - Polypropylene Crystallinity in Perspective 33

3.2 Chain Structure and Molecular Weight Effects for iPP Crystallinity and Polymorphism 37

3.3 Nucleation of iPP 42

3.4 Crystallization in Multiphase Copolymers, Blends, and Composites 47

3.5 Processing Effects and Resulting Properties 54

3.6 Investigation Methods for PP Crystallization and Morphology 60

Acknowledgments 64

References 65

4 Crystallization of PE and PE-Based Blends, and Composites 87
Amirhosein Sarafpour, Gholamreza Pircheraghi, Farzad Gholami, Rouhollah Shami-Zadeh, and Farzad Jani

4.1 An Introduction to Polyethylene, Its Crystallization, and Kinetics 87

4.1.1 Basics of Structure and Morphology 87

4.1.2 Theory of Crystallization and Its Kinetics 92

4.2 Experimental Study on Crystallization Kinetics of Polyethylene 93

4.2.1 Isothermal Crystallization 93

4.2.2 Non-isothermal Crystallization 96

4.3 Nucleation Theory 99

4.4 Crystal Growth 100

4.5 PE Blends and Co-crystallization 103

4.6 PE Nanocomposites 109

4.7 Summary 112

References 112

5 Crystallization of PLA and Its Blends and Composites 121
Jes?s M. Quiroz-Castillo, Ana D. Cabrera-Gonz?lez, Luis A. Val-F?lix, and Tom?s J. Madera-Santana

5.1 Introduction 121

5.2 Crystallization of Macromolecules 123

5.2.1 Improvement of PLA Crystallization Kinetics 126

5.3 Polylactic Acid Nucleation 130

5.3.1 Inorganic Nucleating Agents 130

5.3...