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SUBMITTER: Schulz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8748680 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schulz Martha M Schäfer Mareen M Saalwächter Kay K Thurn-Albrecht Thomas T
Nature communications 20220110 1
The non-equilibrium thickness of lamellar crystals in semicrystalline polymers varies significantly between different polymer systems and depends on the crystallization temperature T<sub>c</sub>. There is currently no consensus on the mechanism of thickness selection. Previous work has highlighted the decisive role of intracrystalline chain diffusion (ICD) in special cases, but a systematic dependence of lamellar thickness on relevant timescales such as that of ICD and stem attachment has not ye ...[more]