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Mechanisms of polymer crystallization from flowing solutions

D. AciernoG. MarrucciF. P. La Mantia

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Work (thermodynamics)Materials sciencePolymers and PlasticsCrystallization of polymersPhysics::OpticsCrystal growthGeneral ChemistryPolyethylenelaw.inventionCrystalMolecular dynamicschemistry.chemical_compoundchemistrylawChemical physicsPolymer chemistryMaterials ChemistryCrystallizationShear flow

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The recent experimental results on flow-induced crystallization by Pennings and coworkers show that extremely rigid polyethylene fibers can be obtained in a shear flow. On the other hand, the mechanism by which these flow-induced crystals are produced is still open to investigation. In this work a few aspects of fibrous crystal growth are theoretically investigated. The molecular dynamics of chains partly attached to the crystal and partly immersed in the solution is considered. The influence of temperature and of geometrical factors is also discussed.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1978-08-01Polymer Engineering and Science
https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.760181013