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New Tools for Understanding Complex Polymer Behaviour
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Geoffrey R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Maetus, Artur | |
| dc.contributor.author | Davis, Fred | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mohan, Saeed | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gkourmpis, THomas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Youngs, Tristan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-12-15T17:02:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-12-15T17:02:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The process of manufacturing with polymers usually involves shaping in the melt followed by a transition to the solid to preserve that shape and provide the required mechanical properties. The development of an understanding of those transitions is critical to the optimisation of materials and manufacturing technology. For synthetic polymers there are three key length scales in any phase transition such as crystallisation: the first involves the thin (~10nm) lamellar crystals, the second is the crystal planes in the unit cell (~1nm) and the third the regular local chain conformation (~0.1nm). We are using the extended Q range available with NIMROD at the ISIS Facility in the UK to obtain neutron scattering data which follows the transformation pathways of these three length scales simultaneously. We are using computational modelling procedures to analyse these data to develop a firm understanding of the multiscale processes involved in crystallisation. This paper describes the methodology and some of the experimental challenges using data drawn from this study. This work is part of the FCT funded programme UC4EP. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was performed as part of the UC4EP (Understanding Crystallisation for Enhanced Polymer Properties) at CDRSP P2020-PTDC/CTM-POL/7133/2014 Funded by FCT. The neutron scattering measurements were performed at the STFC ISIS Facility UK. The neutron scattering data was prepared using the GUDRUN software system developed at ISIS. We thank Daniel Bowron (ISIS) and Tom Headen (ISIS) for their involvement in this programme. Some of the preliminary design of the first T Jump stage was performed using the GEM Spectrometer at ISIS and we thank Alex Hannon (ISIS) and Jintana Siripitayananon (Chiang Mai University, Thailand) for their help. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Geoffrey R. Mitchell, Artur Maetus, Fred Davis, Saeed Mohan, Thomas Gkourmpis, Tristan Youngs, New Tools for Understanding Complex Polymer Behaviour, Procedia Manufacturing, Volume 12, 2017, Pages 280-290, ISSN 2351-9789, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2017.08.031 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.promfg.2017.08.031 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2351-9789 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/15067 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
| dc.relation | UC4EP Understanding Crystallisation for Enhanced Polymer Properties | |
| dc.relation | CDRSP P2020-PTDC/CTM-POL/7133/2014 | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978917306200 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Procedia Manufacturing | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Micromoulding | |
| dc.subject | medical devices | |
| dc.subject | morphology | |
| dc.subject | properties | |
| dc.subject | semi-crystalline | |
| dc.title | New Tools for Understanding Complex Polymer Behaviour | eng |
| dc.type | journal article | |
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| oaire.awardTitle | UC4EP Understanding Crystallisation for Enhanced Polymer Properties | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/9471 - RIDTI/PTDC%2FCTM-POL%2F7133%2F2014/PT | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 290 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 280 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Procedia Manufacturing | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 12 | |
| oaire.fundingStream | 9471 - RIDTI | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Mitchell | |
| person.givenName | Geoffrey | |
| person.identifier | 166356 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | E41A-ABDD-1FC7 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-7977-7610 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 7403103397 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
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