Confined crystallization of polymeric materials

RM Michell, AJ Müller - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The interest in confined crystallization has greatly increased with the development and
progress of nanotechnology applications. Polymeric confined crystallization has been …

The physics of polymer chain-folding

W Hu - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Chain-folding represents a motif configuration in lamellar polymer crystals as well as in
protein beta-sheets. This report presents a survey on our current understanding about …

Effect of mesoscale crystalline structure on the field‐effect mobility of regioregular poly (3‐hexyl thiophene) in thin‐film transistors

H Yang, TJ Shin, L Yang, K Cho… - Advanced Functional …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Regioregular poly (3‐hexyl thiophene)(RR P3HT) is drop‐cast to fabricate field‐
effect transistor (FET) devices from different solvents with different boiling points and …

Surface functionalization engineering driven crystallization behavior of polyethylene glycol confined in mesoporous silica for shape-stabilized phase change materials

J Wang, M Yang, Y Lu, Z Jin, L Tan, H Gao, S Fan… - Nano Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Crystallization behaviors of organic phase change materials (PCMs) confined in porous
supports, which are determined by the interactions between PCM molecules and channel …

[HTML][HTML] Confinement effects on polymer crystallization: From droplets to alumina nanopores

RM Michell, I Blaszczyk-Lezak, C Mijangos, AJ Müller - Polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
We review previous works on polymer confined crystallization employing strategies that
allow confinement to go from the micron to the nanometer scale: droplets, blends, block …

Irreversible adsorption of polymer melts and nanoconfinement effects

S Napolitano - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
For almost a decade, growing experimental evidence has revealed a strong correlation
between the properties of nanoconfined polymers and the number of chains irreversibly …

Surface-induced polymer crystallization and the resultant structures and morphologies

H Li, S Yan - Macromolecules, 2011 - ACS Publications
The dependence of properties on the structure and morphology of semicrystalline polymers
offers an effective way to tailor the properties of these materials through crystal engineering …

Polymer crystallization of ultrathin films on solid substrates

YX Liu, EQ Chen - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Recently, polymer crystallization in ultrathin films (thickness less than 100nm) on solid
substrates has attracted increased attention. As it can be considered to be a quasi-two …

Molecular mechanisms of polymer crystallization from solution

P Welch, M Muthukumar - Physical Review Letters, 2001 - APS
Our simulations of polymer crystallization from solutions show that (1) entropic barriers
control the selection of the initial lamellar thickness,(2) growth at the crystalline interface is …

Polymer crystallization in quasi-two dimensions. I. Experimental results

G Reiter, JU Sommer - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
We have used atomic force microscopy to investigate the patterns obtained by isothermal
crystallization of quasi-2-D monolayers of poly (ethylene oxide) adsorbed onto bare silicon …