Rosario Benavente

TL;DR: In this article, a broad range of degrees of crosslinking, from 1.7 up to 74% of reacted hydroxyl groups, was achieved, and the variation of the thermal and mechanical properties of PVA with the crosslink density show an initial decrease due to the diminution of the crystallinity of the system, caused by the cross-linking.

TL;DR: In this article, the competition between α, β, and γ polymorphs was studied in a β-nucleated metallocenic isotactic polypropylene, iPP, as a function of the cooling rate and of the isothermal crystallization temperature, by performing X-ray diffraction and DSC experiments.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between the composition of ethylene/norbornene copolymers and their thermal properties and showed that there is no linear correlation between the amount of norbornene incorporated in copolymer and thermal behavior.

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of the composition and thermal history on the type of lattice developed has been studied by wide-angle X-ray diffraction measurements in three vinyl alcohol−ethylene, VAE, copolymers with different compositions, which were crystallized from the melt at various cooling rates.

TL;DR: Results show that the shape of the Mg reinforcing particles plays a crucial role in the degradation rate of PLA/Mg composites, with spherical particles promoting a lower degradation rate than irregular particles, which helps to customize bioabsorbable materials in order to meet the requirements for a specific application and patient.