Bryan B. Sauer

TL;DR: The structural development of a segmented polyurethane−urea (PUU) elastomer containing a low concentration of hard segment during deformation was studied by simultaneous mechanical and optical measurements (rheooptical techniques) as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a correlation function analysis of the SAXS data was performed on poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) isothermal crystallization and subsequent melting by time-resolved synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and temperature modulated DSC (MDSC) techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, a temperature-modulated DSC (TMDSC) is used to characterize melting and recrystallization in polymers exhibiting multiple melting endotherms.

TL;DR: In this article, the surface and near-surface morphology of the ionic domains in Nafion membranes, Surlyn ionomers, and other ionomers were resolved by a new tapping AFM method where low oscillation amplitudes were used, and tip−ionic domain interactions were apparently able to dominate the signal allowing nanometer-level resolution of the domains.

TL;DR: In this paper, a gel-crystallization method from oligomeric poly (ethylene glycol) solution was used to prepare samples with high crystallinity (57%) by using simultaneous synchrotron SAXS and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD) measurements.