Crystallization of linear polymers

J.D. Hoffman, G.T. Davis and J.I. Lauritzen, The rate of crystallization of linear polymers with chain folding. In N.B. Hannay (Ed.), Treatise on Solid State Chemistry, Plenum Press, New York, 1976. 

Preparation of solution-grown crystals (including so-called single crystals ) of linear polymers [2-4,8,10-13]... 

Chain-type in crystals of linear polymers. In drawn fibres of these substances the molecules are approximately parallel to the fibre axis, and the unit cell dimension along the fibre axis is also the identity-period of the molecule itself. The fact that it is possible so simply to determine intra-molecular distances has far-reaching consequences. The magnitude of this identity-period may lead directly to a knowledge of... 

Additional sources for information on crystallization and nucleation are Hoffman JD, Davies GT, Lauritzen, Jr. JI (1976) The Rate of Crystallization of Linear Polymers with Chain Folding. In Hannay, NB, Treatise on Solid State Chemistry. Plenum, New York Mark JE, Eisenberg A, Graessley WW, Mandelkem, L, Samulski, ET, Koenig, JL, Wignal, GD (1993) Physical Properties of Polymers, 2" ed. ACS Washington DC. Also, look up the Polymer Handbook, and the Enc Polymer Sci and Eng listed in the Preface. 

J. D. Hoffmann, G. T. Davis, and J. I. Lauritzen. The Rate of Crystallization of Linear Polymers with Chain Folding, volume 3, pp. 497-614. Plenum Press, treatise in solid state chemistry edition, 1976. 

Thierry, A. Epitaxial crystallization (of linear polymers). In Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, Salamone, J.C., ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1996, pp. 2167-2179. 

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