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Roughness of growth faces of polymer crystals: Evidence from morphology and implications for growth mechanisms and types of folding
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In this paper, the growth faces of polyethylene are analysed in terms of a roughness which, on the {110} faces, increases progressively over a temperature range of about 100°C.About:
This article is published in Polymer.The article was published on 1983-11-01. It has received 113 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Surface roughness & Nucleation.read more
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Polymer crystallization theories
TL;DR: A review of the various theories of polymer crystallization which have been proposed over the last thirty years can be found in this paper, where the authors provide guidance to the theorist in improving the models as well as to the experimentalist in interpreting his/her data.
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Langevin dynamics simulations of early-stage polymer nucleation and crystallization
C. Liu,Murugappan Muthukumar +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, United-atom Langevin dynamics simulations have been performed in an effort to understand early-stage polymer crystallization at the microscopic level by following the competition between the attraction among nonbonded beads and torsional energies along chain backbones.
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Learning polymer crystallization with the aid of linear, branched and cyclic model compounds.
Goran Ungar,Xiangbing Zeng +1 more
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The Stereochemistry of Linear Macromolecules
TL;DR: Stereoisomerie des chaines macromoleculaires, the contribution of la spectroscopie RMN a la stereochimie macroculaire, analyse conformationnelle, chiralite dans les polymeres, controle stere-ochimique au cours de polymerisation as mentioned in this paper.
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Review Spherulites: A personal perspective
TL;DR: The ability of a polymer chain to organize into a folded morphology depends upon its length as discussed by the authors, which is a central feature of the self-organization aspect of polymer in the solid state.
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The Growth of Crystals and the Equilibrium Structure of their Surfaces
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that the rate of growth of a surface containing dislocations is proportional to the square of the supersaturation for low values and to the first power for high values of the latter.
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A note on single crystals in polymers: Evidence for a folded chain configuration
TL;DR: In this paper, the morphology and orientation of polyethylene polymers were studied with the electron microscope combined with selected area electron diffraction and it was concluded that the molecules must bend sharply back on themselves forming a regular folded configuration.
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Theory of Formation of Polymer Crystals with Folded Chains in Dilute Solution.
TL;DR: The theory given for loop nuclei is both general and precise enough at the critical points to suggest that, on crystallization from sufficiently dilute solution, crystals of a definite step height are commonly to be expected for other crystallizable linear polymers than polyethylene, provided loop formation is sterically possible.
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