Reversible crystallization and the rigid-amorphous phase in semicrystalline macromolecules

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Crystallization and melting of bulk polymers: New observations, conclusions and a thermodynamic scheme (2006, methodology): “In principle, reversible crystallization and melting could also be initiated at the intralamellar grain boundaries [82], but this was not found and was excluded by the experiment.”
Mesophases in polyethylene, polypropylene, and poly(1-butene) (2010, unknown): “a smaller amount of locally reversible melting than the form II crystals (2*11/3 helices) [51].”
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA): Review of synthesis, characteristics, processing and potential applications in packaging (2014, background): “named rigid amorphous fraction (RAF) that was reported to be around 20–30% of the overall sample mass ([17–19]), The kinetics of vitrification of the RAF of PHB was quantified upon quasi-isothermal cold crystallization at 22.”
Recycling of PET (2005, background): “TMDSC provide not just overall quantitative information of processes like glass transition, crystallisation and melting but also an insight into their kinetics [12,126].”