Isothermal melt crystallization kinetics of PVDF was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. Thin PVDF film has been fabricated by the solvent casting technique using dimethylformamide (DMF). Then, the samples were melted and subsequently crystallized in the range of the crystallization temperature (Tc) between 138 and 145 °C. The crystallization kinetics was derived from Avrami equa...

non-isothermal crystallization kinetics of polypropylene (pp) and pp containing 0.5 wt% singlewalled carbon nanotubes (pp/swnt) were studied at various cooling rates using differential scanning calorimetry technique. the non-isothermal melt crystallization data were analyzed according to ozawa and cazé-chuah models. although ozawa model was successful in describing the nonisothermal crystalliza...

Aerosol synthesis methods for the production of nanostructured fullerene particles have been developed. The nanostructured, ultrafine fullerene particles were produced by vapor condensation and aerosol droplet drying and crystallization methods in tubular laminar flow reactors. The formation mechanisms were studied by measuring particle-size distributions is the gas phase. High-resolution scann...

The combination of specific mechanical, esthetic, and chemical properties is decisive for the application of materials in prosthodontics. Controlled twofold crystallization provides a powerful tool to produce special property combinations for glass-ceramic materials. The present study outlines the potential of precipitating Ca5(PO4)3F as well as Sr5(PO4)3F as minor crystal phases in Li2Si2O5 gl...

The structure evolutions of Al83Ni10Ce5Si2, Al83Ni10Ce7, Al85Ni10Ce5, Al87Ni7Nd6 and Al87Ni5Co2Nd6 metallic glasses have been studied in detail. The studies establish a relation between the amount of medium range order (MRO) and crystallization mode. An increased amount of MRO suppresses the precipitation of primary fcc-Al and transforms the crystallization mode from a primary crystallization (...

In the bulk scale of crystallization, urea-succinic acid (U-SA) cocrystals have been reported to only form stable 2:1 U-SA cocrystal, without any metastable 1:1 by slow evaporation and cooling crystallization in an aqueous solvent. this work, were applied nano-crystallizers, i.e. nano-pores controlled pore glass (CPG). It is first time demonstrate that, with confined solution, it possible produ...

Atomistic understanding of crystallization in solids is incomplete due to the lack of appropriate materials and direct experimental tools. Metallic glasses possess simple metallic bonds and slow crystallization kinetics, making them suitable to study crystallization. Here, we investigate crystallization of metallic glass-forming liquids by in-situ heating metallic glass nanorods inside a transm...

Research has been conducted to develop a new means of producing large grained polycrystlline thin films for photovoltaic applications. The process is one of growth of controlled crystalline nuclei in an a-Si film. For this process to be practicle, we must develop a-Si films with crystallization behavior such that the rate of spontaneous crystallization (nucleation rate) is essentially zero at t...

The synthetic engineering of anionic polyoxometalate (POM) clusters with predefined properties tailored to specific applications is a great challenge using routine "one-pot" POM syntheses. Under such conditions, difficulties often arise from the multitude of complex reaction pathways and self-assembly processes occurring in solution. In this respect the major role of the charge balancing cation...