Glossary – Definitions
Structure development in polymers General concepts

Wulff abacus; Wulff net

Abacus for reading angles on stereographic projection.

Birefringence; birefringence

Difference in refractive indices in two specific perpendicular directions.

Differential Scanning Calorimetry; Calorimétrie différentielle à balayage

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is a calorimetry technique that measures heat flow exchanges between an empty reference capsule and a capsule of identical geometry containing the sample, during an imposed temperature program. In this way, the energy released or absorbed during a transition is revealed.

Cinétique globale de cristallisation; overall crystallization kinetics

Description of crystallization progress by a quantity between 0 and 1. In this article,...