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Zhang W, Zou L. Mismatch in Nematic Interactions Leads to Composition-Dependent Crystal Nucleation in Polymer Blends. Macromolecules 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Wenlin Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States
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Osaka N, Takeda N, Adachi M, Okufuji M, Osaka R. Miscibility, Hierarchical Structures, and Enhanced Mechanical Properties of Acrylic Rubber by the Formation of a Chemically and Physically Crosslinked Partially Miscible Interpenetrating Polymer Network with Poly(vinylidene fluoride). Macromolecules 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c02147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Noboru Osaka
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho,
Kita-ku, Okayama700-0005, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho,
Kita-ku, Okayama700-0005, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho,
Kita-ku, Okayama700-0005, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho,
Kita-ku, Okayama700-0005, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science, 1-1 Ridai-cho,
Kita-ku, Okayama700-0005, Japan
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Soares C, Gonçalves Y, Horta B, Barreto A, Tavares F. Revisiting the birth of NaCl crystals using molecular dynamics simulation. J Mol Graph Model 2022; 115:108202. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2022.108202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Takamatsu K, Saito H. AFM observation of crystalline morphologies developed by cooperative progress with spinodal decomposition in dissimilar polycarbonate blends. Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1038/s41428-022-00624-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Takamatsu K, Saito H. Cooperative progress of crystallization and spinodal decomposition in the blends of dissimilar polycarbonates. POLYMER 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.124418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Zhang W, Zou L. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Crystal Nucleation near Interfaces in Incompatible Polymer Blends. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:347. [PMID: 33499036 PMCID: PMC7865509 DOI: 10.3390/polym13030347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
We apply molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate crystal nucleation in incompatible polymer blends under deep supercooling conditions. Simulations of isothermal nucleation are performed for phase-separated blends with different degrees of incompatibility. In weakly segregated blends, slow and incompatible chains in crystallizable polymer domains can significantly hinder the crystal nucleation and growth. When a crystallizable polymer is blended with a more mobile species in interfacial regions, enhanced molecular mobility leads to the fast growth of crystalline order. However, the incubation time remains the same as that in pure samples. By inducing anisotropic alignment near the interfaces of strongly segregated blends, phase separation also promotes crystalline order to grow near interfaces between different polymer domains.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wenlin Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA;
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Nie H, Xiao W, Ma Y, Liu C, He A. High-Performance Isotactic Poly(1-butene)/Isotactic Polypropylene Alloys with in-Situ-Synthesized Poly(propylene- co-butene). Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Huarong Nie
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Olefin Catalysis and Polymerization, Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics (Ministry of Education), School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266042, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Olefin Catalysis and Polymerization, Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics (Ministry of Education), School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266042, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Olefin Catalysis and Polymerization, Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics (Ministry of Education), School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266042, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Olefin Catalysis and Polymerization, Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics (Ministry of Education), School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266042, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Olefin Catalysis and Polymerization, Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics (Ministry of Education), School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266042, China
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Jiang H, Debenedetti PG, Panagiotopoulos AZ. Nucleation in aqueous NaCl solutions shifts from 1-step to 2-step mechanism on crossing the spinodal. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:124502. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5084248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Hao Jiang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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Wu Y, Yao K, Nie H, He A. Confirmation on the compatibility between cis-1,4-polyisoprene and trans-1,4-polyisoprene. POLYMER 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nie H, Liu D, Liu C, Wang X, He A. Morphology evolution in solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR) / trans -1,4-polyisoprene (TPI) blends: SSBR particle formation, TPI crystal nucleation, growth and polymorphic form. POLYMER 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Andjelić S, Scogna RC. Polymer crystallization rate challenges: The art of chemistry and processing. J Appl Polym Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/app.42066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Saša Andjelić
- ETHICON, A Johnson & Johnson Company, ETHICON Surgical Care, R&DRoute 22 West SomervilleNew Jersey08876
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- ETHICON, A Johnson & Johnson Company, ETHICON Surgical Care, R&DRoute 22 West SomervilleNew Jersey08876
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Compatibilization mechanisms of nanoclays with different surface modifiers in UCST blends: Opposing effects on phase miscibility. POLYMER 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The combination of fluctuation-assisted crystallization and interface-assisted crystallization in a crystalline/crystalline blend of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(ε-caprolactone). Colloid Polym Sci 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-013-3146-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Huo H, Yang Y, Zhao X. Effects of lithium perchlorate on the nucleation and crystallization of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(ε-caprolactone) in the poly(ethylene oxide)–poly(ε-caprolactone)–lithium perchlorate ternary blend. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ce41715h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Arai F, Shinohara K, Nagasawa N, Takeshita H, Takenaka K, Miya M, Shiomi T. Crystallization behavior and higher-order structure in miscible crystalline/crystalline polymer blends. Polym J 2013. [DOI: 10.1038/pj.2013.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Shi W, Chen F, Zhang Y, Han CC. Viscoelastic Phase Separation and Interface Assisted Crystallization in a Highly Immiscible iPP/PMMA Blend. ACS Macro Lett 2012; 1:1086-1089. [PMID: 35607043 DOI: 10.1021/mz300312e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Polymer blends with dynamic asymmetry have attracted much interest recently. In this study, we report a more typical case where the dynamically asymmetric system is highly immiscible. We find that there is a transient network growth and phase inversion for the slow minor component. The network structure shows a hierarchical growth behavior, which is the result of competition between a slow relaxation-controlled concentration growth on local scale and a fast hydrodynamic growth on large scale. When phase separation couples with a subsequent crystallization, the interfacial boundary may assist lateral crystallization and irregular spherulites would grow epitaxially around the amorphous component-rich domains. The interface may play the role of substrates for heterogeneous nucleation. These phenomena may help us with morphological control in material processing.
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Affiliation(s)
- Weichao Shi
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular
Sciences,
Joint Laboratory of Polymer Science and Materials, Institute
of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular
Sciences,
Joint Laboratory of Polymer Science and Materials, Institute
of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular
Sciences,
Joint Laboratory of Polymer Science and Materials, Institute
of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular
Sciences,
Joint Laboratory of Polymer Science and Materials, Institute
of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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