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Crystallization of polymers

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In the past 35 years, the emphasis of the activities has been doing and stimulating of fundamental research; managing research toward improvement and development of polymer systems and industrial applications of polymers; and providing analytical support by utilization and development of characterization techniques and methods. Throughout, the research activities concerned the study of molecular structure, crystallization and melting, morphology, and thermal properties of polymeric systems, and to study and understand the relations between these topics. With respect to Thermal Analysis & Calorimetry (TA&C), quantitative research has been realized in the field of crystallization of polymers of which a choice of recent work is discussed.

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The lifetime collaboration with my colleagues, and especially with M. (Thijs) F. J. Pijpers, is much appreciated. Support for SciTe from the FP7 CSA project “NaPolyNet,” see www.napolynet.eu, is valued.

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Mathot, V.B.F. Crystallization of polymers. J Therm Anal Calorim 102, 403–412 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-010-0947-x

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