Polymer crystallization, nucleation molecular modeling

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Abstract. We review how the nucleation mechanism of polymer crystallization could be assigned to intramolecular processes and what are the preliminary benefits for understanding some fundamental crystallization behaviors. The speculative concept of molecular nucleation and the theoretical model of intramolecular nucleation have been elucidated in a broad context of classical nucleation theory. The focus is on explaining the phenomenon of molecular segregation caused by polymer crystal growth. 

From the classical Lauritzen-Hoffman model to the molecular-nucleation concept, and then the intramolecular-nucleation model, polymer crystal nude-... 

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Chapter 1 covers experimental techniques widely used in studies of polymer crystalhzation. Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, and Chapter 5 are devoted to the structure of crystalline polymers and also to the kinetics of nucleation and growth of the crystaUine phase. Chapter 6 is focused on molecular modeling of polymer crystallization, whereas Chapter 7 describes overah crystalhzation kinetics, with special reference to the theories widely used in practice. Chapter 8 covers the subject of epitaxy. Chapter 9 is dedicated to melting of polymer crystals. Chapter 10, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 describe the crystahization in copolymers, miscible and immiscible polymer blends, and also polymer composites. Chapter 12 is focused on phenomena related to the confinement of polymer chains. Chapter 14 describes the effect of flow on crystahization, and finally Chapter 15 covers the crystalhzation in processing conditions. 

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