Effect of a nucleating agent on lamellar growth in melt-crystallizing polyethylene oxide

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5839-5841

  Aliotta, F ^a   Di Marco, G ^a   Ober, R ^b   Pieruccini, M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; MOLECULES; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SURFACE TENSION;

LAMELLAR GROWTH;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 0038636156     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1564877     Document Type: Article

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11. c Eq. (19) in Ref. 4, considering that the fractional site occupation A in the layer adjoining the folding plane is decreased by the fractional site occupation φ of the nucleant in such a way that φ+φ≈ const., with , without changing significantly the number of tight folds. Fig. 2 in Ref. 4, and finally considering that the segment chemical potential at constant ø, Eq. (16) in Ref. 4, does not change significantly throughout the basal interphase.