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Surface Crystal Nucleation and Growth in Poly (ε-caprolactone): Atomic Force Microscopy Combined with Fast Scanning Chip Calorimetry. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13122008. [PMID: 34205303 PMCID: PMC8234991 DOI: 10.3390/polym13122008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
By using an atomic force microscope (AFM) coupled to a fast scanning chip calorimeter (FSC), AFM-tip induced crystal nucleation/crystallization in poly (ε-caprolactone) (PCL) has been studied at low melt-supercooling, that is, at a temperature typically not assessable for melt-crystallization studies. Nanogram-sized PCL was placed on the active/heatable area of the FSC chip, melted, and then rapidly cooled to 330 K, which is 13 K below the equilibrium melting temperature. Subsequent isothermal crystallization at this temperature was initiated by a soft-tapping AFM-tip nucleation event. Crystallization starting at such surface nucleus led to formation of a single spherulite within the FSC sample, as concluded from the radial symmetry of the observed morphology. The observed growth rate in the sub-micron thin FSC sample, nucleated at its surface, was found being much higher than in the case of bulk crystallization, emphasizing a different growth mechanism. Moreover, distinct banding/ring-like structures are observed, with the band period being less than 1 µm. After crystallization, the sample was melted for gaining information about the achieved crystallinity and the temperature range of melting, both being similar compared to much slower bulk crystallization at the same temperature but for a much longer time.
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Furushima Y, Nakada M, Masuda A, Okada K, Iwata N, Ohkura M. Isothermal crystallization kinetics, morphology, and crystalline structure of polypropylene/poly(4‐methyl‐1‐pentene) blends. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Research LaboratoriesToray Research Center Inc. Shiga Japan
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- Research LaboratoriesToray Research Center Inc. Shiga Japan
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- Films and Film Products Research LaboratoriesToray Industries Shiga Japan
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- Films and Film Products Research LaboratoriesToray Industries Shiga Japan
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- Films and Film Products Research LaboratoriesToray Industries Shiga Japan
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Pierini F, Nakielski P, Urbanek O, Pawłowska S, Lanzi M, De Sio L, Kowalewski TA. Polymer-Based Nanomaterials for Photothermal Therapy: From Light-Responsive to Multifunctional Nanoplatforms for Synergistically Combined Technologies. Biomacromolecules 2018; 19:4147-4167. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari”, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Corso della Repubblica 79, 04100 Latina, Italy
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Furushima Y, Schick C, Toda A. Crystallization, recrystallization, and melting of polymer crystals on heating and cooling examined with fast scanning calorimetry. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yoshitomo Furushima
- Materials Characterization Laboratories, Toray Research Center Inc.Otsu Shiga 520‐8567 Japan
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Physics and Competence Centre CALOR18059 Rostock Germany
- Kazan Federal UniversityKazan 420008 Russian Federation
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- Graduate school of Integrated Arts and SciencesHiroshima UniversityHigashi‐Hiroshima 739‐8521 Japan
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Uto K, Aoyagi T, DeForest CA, Hoffman AS, Ebara M. A Combinational Effect of "Bulk" and "Surface" Shape-Memory Transitions on the Regulation of Cell Alignment. Adv Healthc Mater 2017; 6. [PMID: 28169506 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201601439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
A novel shape-memory cell culture platform has been designed that is capable of simultaneously tuning surface topography and dimensionality to manipulate cell alignment. By crosslinking poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) macromonomers of precisely designed nanoarchitectures, a shape-memory PCL with switching temperature near body temperature is successfully prepared. The temporary strain-fixed PCLs are prepared by processing through heating, stretching, and cooling about the switching temperature. Temporary nanowrinkles are also formed spontaneously during the strain-fixing process with magnitudes that are dependent on the applied strain. The surface features completely transform from wrinkled to smooth upon shape-memory activation over a narrow temperature range. Shape-memory activation also triggers dimensional deformation in an initial fixed strain-dependent manner. A dynamic cell-orienting study demonstrates that surface topographical changes play a dominant role in cell alignment for samples with lower fixed strain, while dimensional changes play a dominant role in cell alignment for samples with higher fixed strain. The proposed shape-memory cell culture platform will become a powerful tool to investigate the effects of spatiotemporally presented mechanostructural stimuli on cell fate.
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- Koichiro Uto
- International Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba 305-0044 Japan
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- International Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba 305-0044 Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering; University of Washington; 4000 15 Ave NE Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- Department of Bioengineering; University of Washington; 3720 15 Ave NE Seattle WA 98195 USA
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- International Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA); National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS); 1-1 Namiki Tsukuba 305-0044 Japan
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Furushima Y, Kumazawa S, Umetsu H, Toda A, Zhuravlev E, Wurm A, Schick C. Crystallization kinetics of poly(butylene terephthalate) and its talc composites. J Appl Polym Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/app.44739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yoshitomo Furushima
- Materials Characterization Laboratories; Toray Research Center Inc; 3-7, Sonoyama 3-chome Otsu Shiga 520-8567 Japan
- Institute of Physics; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24 Rostock 18059 Germany
- Competence Center CALOR, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Str. 25 Rostock 18059 Germany
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- R&D Planning Department; Toray Industries, Inc; 1-1, Sonoyama 1-chome Otsu Shiga 520-8558 Japan
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- Plastics Research Laboratory; Chemicals Research Laboratories, Toray Industries, Inc; 9-1, Oe-Cho Minatoku Nagoya 455-8502 Japan
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- Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences; Hiroshima University; Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8521 Japan
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- Institute of Physics; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24 Rostock 18059 Germany
- Competence Center CALOR, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Str. 25 Rostock 18059 Germany
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- Institute of Physics; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24 Rostock 18059 Germany
- Competence Center CALOR, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Str. 25 Rostock 18059 Germany
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- Institute of Physics; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24 Rostock 18059 Germany
- Competence Center CALOR, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research; University of Rostock; Albert-Einstein-Str. 25 Rostock 18059 Germany
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Wang J, Li Z, Pérez RA, Müller AJ, Zhang B, Grayson SM, Hu W. Comparing crystallization rates between linear and cyclic poly(epsilon-caprolactones) via fast-scan chip-calorimeter measurements. POLYMER 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2015.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Crystal Nucleation of Polymers at High Supercooling of the Melt. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION I 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/12_2015_325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Sequence of enthalpy relaxation, homogeneous crystal nucleation and crystal growth in glassy polyamide 6. Eur Polym J 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Viswanath V, Maity S, Bochinski JR, Clarke LI, Gorga RE. Thermal Annealing of Polymer Nanocomposites via Photothermal Heating: Effects on Crystallinity and Spherulite Morphology. Macromolecules 2013. [DOI: 10.1021/ma401855v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Vidya Viswanath
- Fiber and Polymer Science Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department
of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department
of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Department
of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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- Fiber and Polymer Science Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United States
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Affiliation(s)
- René Androsch
- Center of
Engineering Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle/Saale, Germany
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- Istituto di Chimica e Tecnologia dei Polimeri (CNR), c/o Comprensorio Olivetti, Via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli
(NA), Italy
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Flores A, Ania F, Arribas C, Ochoa A, Scholtyssek S, Baltá-Calleja F, Baer E. Confined crystallization of nanolayered poly(ethylene terephthalate) using X-ray diffraction methods. POLYMER 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2012.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wurm A, Zhuravlev E, Eckstein K, Jehnichen D, Pospiech D, Androsch R, Wunderlich B, Schick C. Crystallization and Homogeneous Nucleation Kinetics of Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) with Different Molar Masses. Macromolecules 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ma300363b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Andreas Wurm
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Wismarsche Str. 43-45, 18051
Rostock, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Wismarsche Str. 43-45, 18051
Rostock, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Str.
6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Str.
6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Str.
6, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Engineering Sciences, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle/S.,
Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996,
United States
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
37831, United States
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Wismarsche Str. 43-45, 18051
Rostock, Germany
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Zhuravlev E, Schmelzer JW, Wunderlich B, Schick C. Kinetics of nucleation and crystallization in poly(ɛ-caprolactone) (PCL). POLYMER 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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