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Lai YC, Hu YR, Lo CT. Hydrogen Bonding-Induced Crystal Orientation Changes in Confined Microdomains Constructed by Block Copolymer Blends. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yu-Chen Lai
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, No. 1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan
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Dialkyl carbonates enforce energy storage as new dielectric liquids. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chu C, Chen M, Li W, Tsai J, Chen H. Confined crystallization in the binary blends of diblock copolymers bearing stereoisomeric isotactic and syndiotactic polypropylene. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Che‐Yi Chu
- Department of Chemical Engineering National Chung Hsing University Taichung Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Chung Hsing University Taichung Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Chung Cheng University Chiayi Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Tsing Hua University Hsinchu Taiwan
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Sangroniz L, Wang B, Su Y, Liu G, Cavallo D, Wang D, Müller AJ. Fractionated crystallization in semicrystalline polymers. Prog Polym Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2021.101376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Xie Q, Han L, Zhou J, Shan G, Bao Y, Pan P. Homocrystalline mesophase formation and multistage structural transitions in stereocomplexable racemic blends of block copolymers. POLYMER 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Kundu C, Joshi NS, Dasmahapatra AK. Crystallization of double crystalline diblock copolymer from microphase separated melt. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/pcr2.10089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Chitrita Kundu
- Department of Chemical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati Assam India
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati Assam India
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati Assam India
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Kikuchi H, Watanabe T, Marubayashi H, Ishizone T, Nojima S, Yamaguchi K. Control of crystal orientation of spatially confined PCL homopolymers by cleaving chain-ends of PCL blocks tethered to nanolamella interfaces. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zeng X, Zhang S, Zheng N, Yu S, Li X, Ageishi M, Lotz B, Liu G, Cao Y. Diversified α-phase nanostructure of isotactic polypropylene under cylindrical confinement via cross diffraction analysis. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2019.121647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Meereboer NL, Terzić I, Mellema HH, Portale G, Loos K. Pronounced Surface Effects on the Curie Transition Temperature in Nanoconfined P(VDF-TrFE) Crystals. Macromolecules 2019; 52:1567-1576. [PMID: 31231141 PMCID: PMC6581470 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Changes in the Curie transition temperature of nanoconfined poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) P(VDF-TrFE) copolymers can have a severe impact on the electroactive behavior and the application range of these materials. Therefore, the origin of the change in the Curie transition temperature requires a profound understanding. In this work, block copolymer self-assembly into a spherical morphology proves to be a viable method to effectively confine P(VDF-TrFE) in three dimensions for studying the effect of nanoconfinement on the Curie transition. Using differential scanning calorimetry and wide-angle X-ray scattering, easily accessible experimental techniques, we follow the crystalline phase transitions, showing that confining P(VDF-TrFE) in a nonpolar polystyrene (PS) or poly(4-tert-butoxystyrene) (PtBOS) matrix results in an increase of the Curie transition upon cooling and heating. However, when a more polar matrix is used to nanoconfine P(VDF-TrFE), the Curie transition temperature is drastically reduced due to surface effects.
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- Niels L Meereboer
- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Terzic I, Meereboer NL, Acuautla M, Portale G, Loos K. Electroactive materials with tunable response based on block copolymer self-assembly. Nat Commun 2019; 10:601. [PMID: 30723198 PMCID: PMC6363725 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08436-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Ferroelectric polymers represent one of the key building blocks for the preparation of flexible electronic devices. However, their lack of functionality and ability to simply tune their ferroelectric response significantly diminishes the number of fields in which they can be applied. Here we report an effective way to introduce functionality in the structure of ferroelectric polymers while preserving ferroelectricity and to further tune the ferroelectric response by incorporating functional insulating polymer chains at the chain ends of ferroelectric polymer in the form of block copolymers. The block copolymer self-assembly into lamellar nanodomains allows confined crystallization of the ferroelectric polymer without hindering the crystallinity or chain conformation. The simple adjustment of block polarity leads to a significantly different switching behavior, from ferroelectric to antiferroelectric-like and linear dielectric. Given the simplicity and wide flexibility in designing molecular structure of incorporated blocks, this approach shows the vast potential for application in numerous fields.
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- Ivan Terzic
- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Nanostructures of Functional Oxides, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Terzic I, Meereboer NL, Acuautla M, Portale G, Loos K. Tailored Self-Assembled Ferroelectric Polymer Nanostructures with Tunable Response. Macromolecules 2019; 52:354-364. [PMID: 30662089 PMCID: PMC6328973 DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A facile ferroelectric
nanostructures preparation method is developed
based on the self-assembly of poly(2-vinylpyridine)-b-poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-trifluoroethylene)-b-poly(2-vinylpyridine) triblock copolymers (P2VP-b-P(VDF-TrFE)-b-P2VP), and the effect of
morphological characteristics of the block copolymers on the ferroelectric
response has been investigated for the first time. By simple adjustment
of the ratio between the blocks, lamellar, cylindrical, and spherical
morphologies are obtained in the melt and preserved upon crystallization
of P(VDF-TrFE). However, at high P(VDF-TrFE) content, crystallization
becomes dominant and drives the self-assembly of block copolymers.
The crystallization study of the block copolymers reveals the preservation
of the high degree of crystallinity inside the confined nanodomains
as well as the reduction of the crystalline size and the Curie transition
temperature with the confinement level. Only a small difference in
the coercive field and the shape of the hysteresis loop is observed
for block copolymers with a lamellar morphology produced
either by crystallization-driven self-assembly or by confinement inside
preformed lamellar domains. In contrast, delayed spontaneous polarization
or the absence of dipole switching is demonstrated for the confinement
of ferroelectric crystals inside both isolated cylindrical and spherical
domains, exemplifying the influence of dimensionality on the critical
size for ferroelectric order.
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- Ivan Terzic
- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials and Nanostructures of Functional Oxides, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials and Nanostructures of Functional Oxides, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials and Nanostructures of Functional Oxides, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials and Nanostructures of Functional Oxides, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials and Nanostructures of Functional Oxides, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Combined effects of confinement size and chain-end tethering on the crystallization of poly(ε-caprolactone) chains in nanolamellae. POLYMER 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Meereboer NL, Terzić I, Saidi S, Hermida Merino D, Loos K. Nanoconfinement-Induced β-Phase Formation Inside Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-Based Block Copolymers. ACS Macro Lett 2018; 7:863-867. [PMID: 30034948 PMCID: PMC6052937 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The electroactive properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) are a direct consequence of its crystalline phases. Although poorly understood, nanostructuring PVDF in confined geometries can drastically change its crystallization behavior. Therefore, we synthesized a variety of PVDF-based triblock copolymers to gain a better understanding of the melt crystallization and explore how crystallization is affected by the morphology and chemical nature of the amorphous block. Differential scanning calorimetry, small-/wide-angle X-ray scattering, and transmission electron microscopy gave us excellent insights into the morphology and the corresponding crystalline phases. We find that crystallization of PVDF inside spherical nanodomains occurs via a homogeneous nucleation mechanism leading to a large undercooling and the formation of the thermodynamically favorable ferroelectric β-phase. On the contrary, when confined crystallization occurs inside a lamellar morphology, or in the case of breakout crystallization, a heterogeneous nucleation process leads to the formation of the nonferroelectric α-phase. Furthermore, favorable melt interactions between both blocks induce crystallization into the polar γ-phase at moderate cooling rates.
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- Niels L. Meereboer
- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- LMOPS, EA 4423, Université de Lorraine, CentraleSupelec Metz, 2 rue Edouard Belin, Metz, F-57070, France
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Lin CH, Higuchi T, Chen HL, Tsai JC, Jinnai H, Hashimoto T. Stabilizing the Ordered Bicontinuous Double Diamond Structure of Diblock Copolymer by Configurational Regularity. Macromolecules 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Chih-Hsuan Lin
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Sciences of Matters, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi 62102, Taiwan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
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Terzic I, Meereboer NL, Loos K. CuAAC click chemistry: a versatile approach towards PVDF-based block copolymers. Polym Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8py00742j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Functionalized benzoyl peroxide-initiated polymerization of vinylidene fluoride allows straightforward preparation of PVDF-based block copolymers with an appealing crystallization behavior.
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- I. Terzic
- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
- University of Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
- University of Groningen
- The Netherlands
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- Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
- University of Groningen
- The Netherlands
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Shi G, Liu G, Su C, Chen H, Chen Y, Su Y, Müller AJ, Wang D. Reexamining the Crystallization of Poly(ε-caprolactone) and Isotactic Polypropylene under Hard Confinement: Nucleation and Orientation. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Guangyu Shi
- CAS
Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, CAS Research/Education Center
for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, CAS Research/Education Center
for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, CAS Research/Education Center
for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, CAS Research/Education Center
for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Institute
of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, CAS Research/Education Center
for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- POLYMAT
and Polymer Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 3, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
- IKERBASQUE, Basque
Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
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- CAS
Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, CAS Research/Education Center
for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Schick C, Androsch R, Schmelzer JWP. Homogeneous crystal nucleation in polymers. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2017; 29:453002. [PMID: 28708065 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aa7fe0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The pathway of crystal nucleation significantly influences the structure and properties of semi-crystalline polymers. Crystal nucleation is normally heterogeneous at low supercooling, and homogeneous at high supercooling, of the polymer melt. Homogeneous nucleation in bulk polymers has been, so far, hardly accessible experimentally, and was even doubted to occur at all. This topical review summarizes experimental findings on homogeneous crystal nucleation in polymers. Recently developed fast scanning calorimetry, with cooling and heating rates up to 106 K s-1, allows for detailed investigations of nucleation near and even below the glass transition temperature, including analysis of nuclei stability. As for other materials, the maximum homogeneous nucleation rate for polymers is located close to the glass transition temperature. In the experiments discussed here, it is shown that polymer nucleation is homogeneous at such temperatures. Homogeneous nucleation in polymers is discussed in the framework of the classical nucleation theory. The majority of our observations are consistent with the theory. The discrepancies may guide further research, particularly experiments to progress theoretical development. Progress in the understanding of homogeneous nucleation is much needed, since most of the modelling approaches dealing with polymer crystallization exclusively consider homogeneous nucleation. This is also the basis for advancing theoretical approaches to the much more complex phenomena governing heterogeneous nucleation.
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- C Schick
- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 23-24, 18051 Rostock, Germany. Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, Competence Centre CALOR, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 25, 18051 Rostock, Germany. Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlyovskaya Street, Kazan 420008, Russia
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Michell RM, Mugica A, Zubitur M, Müller AJ. Self-Nucleation of Crystalline Phases Within Homopolymers, Polymer Blends, Copolymers, and Nanocomposites. POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION I 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/12_2015_327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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