ABSTRACT
CONTENTS 9.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 114 9.2 Methods and Techniques for Monitoring Crystallinity ...................... 116
9.2.1 Supramolecular Crystal Developments..................................... 116 9.2.2 Overall Crystallization Kinetics.................................................. 119
9.3 Effect of Crystallinity on Segmental Dynamics....................................122 9.3.1 Effect on Glass Transition Temperature ....................................122 9.3.2 Intra-and Inter-Spherulitic Amorphous Phase Dynamics.....127
9.4 Advanced Methods to Accelerate Crystallization Kinetics of Absorbable Copolymers ...........................................................................130 9.4.1 Physical Route: Stress-Induced Crystallization........................130 9.4.2 Chemical Route: a Novel Synthetic Method Using
