SIMULATION OF GROWTH AND SURFACE ROUGHENING OF POLYMER SINGLE-CRYSTALS

被引:12
作者
SPINNER, MA [1 ]
WATKINS, RW [1 ]
GOLDBECKWOOD, G [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BRISTOL, HH WILLS PHYS LAB, BRISTOL BS8 1TL, AVON, ENGLAND
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JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-FARADAY TRANSACTIONS | 1995年 / 91卷 / 16期
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10.1039/ft9959102587
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The growth of polymer single crystals has been simulated with the three-dimensional 'entropic barrier' model according to Sadler and Gilmer. The growth rate and lamellar thickness behaviour typical for polymers has been reproduced for a large range of interaction energy parameters. An increase in the slope of the growth-rate plot at high undercooling can be linked to a kinetic roughening of the basal plane. Furthermore, there is evidence for a near-equilibrium roughening of the basal plane. The fractal dimension of the 'rough' basal plane was determined to be ca. 2.2. Rough growth was found to lead to a splitting of the lamella in some cases.
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页码:2587 / 2592
页数:6
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