Two-photon confocal laser microscopy was used to obtain three-dimensional (3D) images of the morphology of poly(lactic acid) after shear-induced crystallization. The necessary fluorescence contrast was achieved by dop...

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01433

Polymorphism of semicrystalline polymers has significant influence on their physical properties, with each form having its advantages and disadvantages. However, real-life polymer processing often results in different...

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00788

On the >1 µm scale the morphology of semicrystalline plastics like polyethylene or Nylon features spherulites, “shish-kebabs”, cylinddrites and other crystalline aggregates which strongly affect mechanical and other...

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25297-w