Introduction / Jens-Uwe Sommer ; Giinter Reiter1: |
Polymer Crystallization Viewed in the General Context of Particle Formation and Crystallization / Jens Rieger2: |
Classical Nucleation Theory / 2.1: |
Precursors / 2.3: |
Spinodal vs. Binodal Phase Separation / 2.4: |
Computer Simulations of the Early Stages of Particle Formation and Crystallization / 2.5: |
Control of Crystallization by Additives / 2.6: |
Ostwald's Rule of Stages / 2.7: |
Ostwald Ripening vs. Secondary Crystallization / 2.8: |
Discussion / 2.9: |
References |
Role of Metastable Phases in Polymer Crystallization; Early Stages of Crystal Growth / Sanjay Rastogi3: |
Experimental Section / 3.1: |
Materials / 3.2.1: |
High Pressure Cell / 3.2.2: |
Polarising Optical Microscopy / 3.2.3: |
Wide Angle X-ray Scattering / 3.2.4: |
Results and Discussion / 3.3: |
Polyethylene - A Summary of Previously Reported Results on Crystallisation of Single Crystals in Polyethylene Melts / 3.3.1: |
Experimental Observations on a Crystal after Its Transformation from the Metastable Hexagonal Phase into the Thermodynamically Stable Orthorhombic Phase / 3.3.2: |
Multilayering: Primary and Secondary Thickening / 3.3.3: |
Size Influence in Phase Transformation: Stable, Metastable and Transient States of a Phase / 3.3.4: |
Implications to Crystallisation at Atmospheric Pressure / 3.3.5: |
An Application of Enhanced Chain Mobility in the Transient Phase of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene / 3.3.6: |
Conclusions / 3.4: |
A Comparative Study of the Mechanisms of Initial Crystallization and Recrystallization after Melting in Syndiotactic Polypropene and Isotactic Polystyrene / Mahmoud Al-Hussein ; Gert Strobl4: |
Experimental / 4.1: |
Sample Characteristics and Preparation / 4.2.1: |
SAXS Measurements / 4.2.2: |
Results / 4.3: |
Polymer Crystallization Viewed by Magnetic Alignment / Tsunehisa Kimura4.4: |
Principle of Diamagnetic Alignment / 5.1: |
Mesophase Detected by Magnetic Alignment / 5.3: |
Molten States / 5.4: |
Magneto-Clapeyron / 5.5: |
Concluding Remarks / 5.6: |
Following Crystallization in Polymers Using AFM / Jamie K. Hobbs6: |
Background / 6.1: |
The Use of AFM to Follow Crystallization / 6.2: |
Sample Preparation / 6.2.1: |
The Crystal Melt Interface / 6.3: |
On the Surface Texture of Polyethylene Lamellae / 6.3.2: |
The Melting of Isolated Lamellae / 6.3.3: |
Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Semicrystalline Polymers at Variable Temperature / Dimitri A. Ivanov ; Sergei N. Magonov6.4: |
Studies of Polymers in Tapping Mode / 7.1: |
Tip-Sample Forces / 7.2.1: |
Image Resolution / 7.2.2: |
Practical Examples of Imaging of Semi-crystalline Polymers at Variable Temperature / 7.2.3: |
Flexible Chain Polymers / 7.3.1: |
Semi-rigid Chain Polymers / 7.3.2: |
Crystallization of Polymers in Thin Films: Model Experiments / Günter Reiter ; Gilles Castelein7.4: |
Polymers / 8.1: |
Observation Techniques / 8.2.2: |
Crystallization of Adsorbed PEO Homopolymer Monolayers / 8.3: |
Relaxations of Polymer Crystals AFTER Formation / 8.3.2: |
Discrete Variation of Lamellar Spacings with Temperature in Block Copolymer Systems / 8.3.3: |
Individual Crystallization and Melting of Polymer Nanocrystals / 8.3.4: |
A Generic Model for Growth and Morphogenesis of Polymer Crystals in Two Dimensions / 8.4: |
A Lattice Model for Crystallization in Polymer Monolayers / 9.1: |
Growth Morphologies / 9.3: |
Self-organized Crystal Thickness and Growth Velocity / 9.4: |
Reorganization of the Polymer Crystal / 9.5: |
Annealing and Morphogenesis - The "Crystalline Liquid State" / 9.6: |
Heating with a Constant Rate and the Role of Morphogenesis / 9.7: |
Structure Formation and Chain-Foldingin Supercooled Polymer Melts. Some Ideas from MD Simulations with a Coarse-Grained Model / Hendrik Meyer9.8: |
The Model CG-PVA: Excluded Volume, Connectivity and Rotational Isomeric States / 10.1: |
Simulation Details / 10.1.2: |
Structure Formation in a Melt of Short Chains / 10.2: |
Homogeneous Nucleation / 10.2.1: |
Positional, Orientational and Conformational Order / 10.2.2: |
Chain-Length Dependence of Crystallization and Melting Temperatures / 10.3: |
Chain-Folding in Isothermal Relaxation of Long Chains / 10.4: |
Slightly Entangled Chains (N = 100) / 10.4.1: |
Entangled Chains (N = 400) / 10.4.2: |
Discussion and Conclusions / 10.5: |
Lamellar Ethylene Oxide-Butadiene Block Copolymer Filmsas Model Systems for Confined Crystallisation / Wim H. de Jeu11: |
Experimental Situation / 11.1: |
Discussion and Modelling / 11.3: |
Conclusions and Open Questions / 11.4: |
Crystallization Kinetical Peculiarities in Polymer Blends / Bernd-J. Jungnickel12: |
Immiscible Blends: Fractionated Crystallization / 12.1: |
Blends with Miscibility Gap: Interface Crossing Crystallization / 12.3: |
Miscible Crystallizing Blends: Pseudoeutectic Behaviour / 12.4: |
Miscible Blends: Crystallization Induced Composition Inhomogeneities / 12.5: |
Miscible Blends: Competition Between Crystallization and Vitrification / 12.6: |
Blends with Miscibility Gap: Competition Between Crystallization and Mixing/Demixing / 12.7: |
Picture Gallery / 12.8: |
Dendritic Growth of Polyethylene Oxideon Patterned Surfaces / Hans-Georg Braun ; Evelyn Meyer ; Mingtai Wang12.9: |
Creation of Defined Micrometersized Patterns by Chemical Surface Heterogenisation / 13.1: |
Preparation of Ultrathin Micropatterned AmorphousPolyethylene Oxide (PEO) Layers by Controlled Dewetting on Heterogeneous Surfaces / 13.3: |
Characteristic Growth Patterns of PEO Lamellae on Micropatterned Surface Areas / 13.4: |
Basic Ideas on Diffusion Controlled Crystallisation / 13.4.1: |
Branching Structures of PEO Crystallised in Ultrathin Micro-patterned Films / 13.4.2: |
Crystallisation of PEO in Microdroplets Obtained by Dewetting on Heterogeneous Surfaces / 13.4.3: |
Summary / 13.5: |
Vitrification and Devitrification of the Rigid AmorphousFraction in Semicrystalline Polymers Revealed from Frequency Dependent Heat Capacity / Christoph Schick ; Andreas Wurm ; Alaa Mohammed14: |
Determination of the Rigid Amorphous Fraction / 14.1: |
Conclusion / 14.3: |
Probing CrystallizationStudying Amorphous Phase Evolution / Tiberio A. Ezquerra ; Aurora Nogales15: |
Brief Description of Dielectric Spectroscopy / 15.1: |
Influence of Crystallinity on the Segmental Relaxation / 15.3: |
Influence of Crystallinity on the Segmental Cooperativity / 15.4: |
Crystallization as Revealed by the Time Evolution of the Crystalline and the Amorphous Phases / 15.5: |
Lamellar Structure Formation / 15.5.1: |
Crystallization Induced Effects in the Amorphous Phase / 15.5.2: |
Combined Picture About Crystallization from the Structure-Dynamics Relationships / 15.5.3: |
Modeling Polymer Crystallization: DSC Approach / Joan Josep Suñol15.6: |
Kinetic Analysis / 16.1: |
Specific Surface Energy / 16.3: |
A Computational Model for Processing of SemicrystallinePolymers: The Effects of Flow-Induced Crystallization / Gerrit W.M. Peters16.4: |
Modelling / 17.1: |
Balance Equations / 17.2.1: |
Constitutive Equations / 17.2.2: |
Physical Cross Links in Amorphous PET,Influence of Cooling Rate and Ageing / Stefano Piccarolo ; Elena Vassileva ; Zebene Kiflie17.3: |
Continuous Cooling Transformation (CCT) of PET / 18.1: |
Physical Cross Links vs Entanglements / 18.3: |
Sample Preparation and Test Procedure / 18.4: |
Isothermal Crystallization of Glassy PET / 18.5: |
Rejuvenation Procedure / 18.6: |
Maximum Crystal Growth Rate and Its Corresponding State in Polymeric Materials / Norimasa Okui ; Susumu Umemoto18.7: |
Test of WLF and Arrhenius Expressions / 19.1: |
Master Curve for Crystal Growth Rate / 19.3: |
Molecular Weight Dependence of Crystal Growth Rate / 19.4: |
Effect of Super Cooling on the Molecular Weight Dependence of Growth Rate / 19.4.1: |
Molecular Weight Dependence of Maximum Crystal Growth Rate / 19.4.2: |
Relationship Between and <$>T_m^o<$> and Tcmax / 19.5: |
Ratio of ΔE and ΔHm / 19.5.1: |
Ratio of <$>\bar {\sigma}<$> and ΔHm / 19.5.2: |
Relationship Among Thermodynamic Transition Temperatures / 19.6: |
Lamellar Growth in Melt-Crystallizing Polymers: Some Effect Related to a Nucleating Agent / Gaetano Di Marco ; Marco Pieruccini19.7: |
Preliminary Analysis / 20.1: |
Thermodynamic Viewpoint / 20.3: |
Lattice Model / 20.4: |
SAXS Analysis / 20.5: |
Outlook and Open Questions: A Personal View / 20.6: |
Subject Index |
Introduction / Jens-Uwe Sommer ; Giinter Reiter1: |
Polymer Crystallization Viewed in the General Context of Particle Formation and Crystallization / Jens Rieger2: |
Classical Nucleation Theory / 2.1: |