Macromolecules, semicrystalline polymer

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The general shape of a macromolecule is sometimes referred to as macroconformation—in contrast to microconformation, which concerns the succession of torsion angles about a limited number of consecutive bonds. The random coil, rigid rod, and rigid helix represent examples of macroconformations. The same term is used to specify the molecular shape in semicrystalline polymers, one of the most important and still open problems in the field of polymer morphology. 

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The large multiplicity of phases, of which many are mesophases, is typical for macromolecules. The old two-phase model for semicrystalline polymers is in need of considerable extension. Most of the phase areas are metastable and have, in addition, only nanometer dimensions [7]. Only when a full characterization has been completed, can an attempt be made to link structure and properties, the central goal of thermal analysis of materials. 

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A material having an internal stmcture in which the atoms are arranged in an orderly three-dimensional configuration. More accurately a semicrystalline polymer, since only a portion of the macromolecules is in crystalline form. 

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