The distribution of additives and nanoparticles in a semicrystalline polymer is largely dependent on the complex hierarchical polymer morphology and the kinetics of its development. Here we show by in-situ fluorescence microscopy (FM), coupled with polarized optical and scanning electron microscopy, that a substanti...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122246

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 material properties. Current imaging techniques give only a 2D picture of these objects. Here we sh...

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25297-w