Isotactic polypropylene (iPP) remains one of the most important polymers in modern industry, valued for its exceptional combination of strength, stiffness and impact resistance. Its highly regular ...

To address the growing concern of accumulated non-degradable plastic waste in the oceans, a research group at Cornell University, USA, has developed a novel high-strength synthetic polymer called ...

Isotactic polypropylene (iPP), the number-two commercial polymer, was known for decades to adopt three crystalline forms, α, β, and γ, and in the past decade a fourth form, δ, was identified. Now, a ...

Self-organization in nonequilibrium systems composed of a bulk filler powder and a bulk polymer melt as an initial state (i) into a final ordered state (f) in applied mechanical field occurs via ...