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Research Seminar at AUB: Exploring Polypropylene Morphology

Yousef Mubarak (Speaker)

On April 17, 2025, we delivered a technical seminar to Chemical Engineering students at the American University of Beirut. The focus was on "Spherulitic versus Nodular Isotactic Polypropylene Structure."

The seminar featured a live demonstration on preparing iPP samples and using hot-stage polarized light microscopy to monitor real-time crystallization, both isothermally and non-isothermally. We detailed the experimental parameters that control the development of spherulitic versus nodular crystalline structures, providing students with practical insight into polymer microstructure analysis.