CAPUTO M. R.

Highly linear or high-density polyethylenes (HDPEs) have an intrinsically high nucleation density compared to other polyolefins. Enhancing their nucleation density by self-nucleation is therefore difficult, leading to a narrow self-nucleation Domain (i.e., the so-called Domain II or the temperature Domain where self-nuclei can be injected into...

Usually, the nature of surface-induced nucleation in polymer blends is not easily disclosed. A novel approach for studying surface-induced crystallization in blends of semicrystalline polymers is proposed here. It consists of detecting variations in the crystallization kinetics of the dispersed phase with changing the crystalline state of the...