Search results for "crystallization kinetics"

Crystallization kinetics of amorphous SiC films: Influence of substrate

2005

Abstract The crystallization kinetics of amorphous silicon carbide films was studied by means of X-ray diffractometry (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The films were deposited by radio frequency (r.f.) magnetron sputtering on glassy carbon and single crystalline silicon substrates, respectively. TEM micrographs and XRD patterns show the formation of nano-crystalline β-SiC with crystallite sizes in the order of 50 nm during annealing at temperatures between 1200 and 1600 °C. A modified Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov (JMAK) formalism was used to describe the isothermal transformation of amorphous SiC into β-SiC as an interface controlled, three-dimensional growth processes fr…

Small changes in particle-size distribution dramatically delay and enhance nucleation in hard sphere colloidal suspensions.

2006

We present hard-sphere crystallization kinetics for three samples with small differences in polydispersity. We show that an increase in polydispersity of 1% is sufficient to cause dramatic changes in the crystallization kinetics: Crystallization is delayed by almost one decade in time and quantitative and qualitative changes in the crystallization scenario are observed. Surprisingly the nucleation rate density is enhanced by almost a factor of 10. We interpret these results in terms of polydispersity limited growth, where local fractionation processes lead to a delayed but faster nucleation.

Two-Step Crystallization Kinetics in Colloidal Hard-Sphere Systems

2005

The crystallization kinetics of colloidal hard spheres was studied using a special Bragg spectrometer with high sensitivity. In contrast with the classical scenario we observe a two-step nucleation process: the number of crystallites increases slowly at early times, followed by a dramatic reduction at intermediate times, prior to undergoing a rapid increase at late times. We explain these results in terms of a polydispersity limited growth of crystallites, where the crystallization at early times is governed by local fractionation processes, leading to a long delay prior to final crystallization.

Schmelz- und kristallisationserscheinungen bei makromolekularen substanzen. I. Kristallisationskinetische untersuchungen an isotaktischem polypropylen

1960

Die Messung der Bruttokristallisation hochpolymerer Substanzen erlaubt erst mit Hilfe der AVRAMIschen Theorie Ruckschlusse auf die Kristallisationskinetik (Keimbildung und Wachstumsgeschwindigkeit). Die Frage, ob die fur niedermolekulare Stoffe entwickelte AVRAMIsche Theorie wirklich auf Hochpolymere ubertragen werden kann, bedarf einer eingehenden Prufung. Es wurden daher mittels mikroskopischer Untersuchungen die Keimbildung und die Wachstumsgeschwindigkeit von isotaktischem Polypropylen in Abhangigkeit von der Kristallisationstemperatur getrennt gemessen und die so ermittelten Werte mit den aus der Bruttokristallisation nach AVRAMI berechneten Zahlen verglichen. Die ubereinstimmung ist v…

Thermal stability and crystallization kinetics of Al4Mn quasicrystals as studied by exoelectron emission and DTA methods

1995

2015

In many technical applications, but also in natural processes like ice nucleation in clouds, crystallization proceeds in the presence of stresses and flows, hence the importance to understand the crystallization mechanism in simple situations. We employ molecular dynamics simulations to study the crystallization kinetics of a nearly hard sphere liquid that is weakly sheared. We demonstrate that shear flow both enhances and suppresses the crystallization kinetics of hard spheres. The effect of shear depends on the quiescent mechanism: suppression in the activated regime and enhancement in the diffusion-limited regime for small strain rates. At higher strain rates crystallization again become…

1981

Solidification of syndiotactic polystyrene by a continuous cooling transformation approach

2007

Syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) was solidified from the melt under drastic conditions according to a continuous cooling transformation methodology developed by the authors, which covered a cooling rate range spanning from approximately 0.03 to 3000 °C/s. The samples produced, structurally homogeneous across both their thickness and surface, were analyzed by macroscopic methods, such as density, wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD), and microhardness (MH) measurements. The density was strictly related to the phase content, as confirmed by WAXD deconvolution. The peculiar behavior encountered (the density first decreasing and then increasing with the cooling rate) was attributed to the singular…

Crystallization kinetics of colloidal model suspensions: recent achievements and new perspectives

2014

Colloidal model systems allow studying crystallization kinetics under fairly ideal conditions with rather well characterized pair interactions and minimized external influences. In complementary approaches therefore experiment, analytic theory and simulation have been employed to study colloidal solidification in great detail. These studies were based on advanced optical methods, careful system characterization and sophisticated numerical methods. Both the effects of the type, strength and range of the pair-interaction between the colloidal particles and those of the colloid-specific polydispersity were addressed in a quantitative way. Key parameters of crystallization were derived and comp…

Improved experimental characterization of crystallization kinetics

2005

Polymer solidification occurring in many processes, like for instance injection molding, compression molding and extrusion, is a complex phenomenon, strongly influenced by the thermo-mechanical history experienced by the material during processing. From this point of view, characterization of polymer crystallization in the range of processing con- ditions, i.e. including high cooling rate, is of great technological and academic interest. Quiescent, non-isothermal crys- tallization kinetics of two polypropylene resins were investigated using a new method, based on fast cooling of thin samples with air/water sprays and optical detection of the crystallization phenomenon. The range of cooling …