Olmsted, P.D., Poon, W.C.K., McLeish, T.C.B. et al. (2 more authors) (1998) Spinodal-assisted crystallization in polymer melts. Physical Review Letters, 81 (2). pp. 373-376. ISSN 0031-9007
Abstract
Recent experiments in some polymer melts quenched below the melting temperature have reported spinodal kinetics in small-angle x-ray scattering before the emergence of a crystalline structure. To explain these observations we propose that the coupling between density and chain conformation induces a liquid-liquid binodal within the equilibrium liquid-crystalline solid coexistence region. A simple phenomenological theory is developed to illustrate this idea, and several experimentally testable consequences are discussed. Shear is shown to enhance the kinetic role of the hidden binodal.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 1998 The American Physical Society. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield, The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Chemistry (Sheffield) The University of Leeds > University of Leeds Research Centres and Institutes > Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Polymer Science and Technology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 17 Aug 2006 |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2016 22:03 |
Published Version: | http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v81/p373 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Physical Society |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.373 |