Facetted Monolayer Crystals from Dilute Solution

1 Facetted Monolayer Crystals from Dilute Solution 

Well-defined lamellar crystals are formed when the solution is appropriately dilute in polymer (typically 

While the majority of monolayer polymer crystals grown in dilute solution are planar or nearly so, some three-dimensional aspects are worthy of mention. Sec-torization that accompanies the growth of facets can lead to modest departures from planarity as follows. Bassett [15] first noticed that folding leads to subtly different interplanar spacings in different sectors. Consider 

29 kDa [21]. Beyond these two examples there are few, if any, instances of sectored basal surfaces being tilted with respect to the chain axis better to accommodate folding. Recall that sectorization from folding-driven microstrains (not from tilt as with polyethylene and poly(vinylidene fluoride)) is relatively common. 

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