Deformation-induction melts

As is well-known, the rate of nucleation is enhanced by the application of a deformation to the polymer melt (2/i). But only recently, a theory of shear induced crystallization could be developed (25). This type of crystallization causes highly oriented boundary layers in injection molded articles (cf.ref. 8). Shear induction is an elastico-viscous relaxation phenomenon. So far, however, this perception did not contribute to a simplification of the situation. 

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