Journal article
Surface nucleation in the crystallisation of polyethylene droplets
Abstract
Abstract.The division of semi-crystalline polymeric material into small domains is an effective tool for studying crystal nucleation. The scaling behavior of the nucleation rate as a function of domain size can reveal important information about the mechanism responsible for the birth of a crystal nucleus. We have investigated the process of crystal nucleation in a system of dewetted polyethylene droplets. Through the use of a correlation …
Authors
Carvalho JL; Dalnoki-Veress K
Journal
The European Physical Journal E, Vol. 34, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
January 2011
DOI
10.1140/epje/i2011-11006-y
ISSN
1292-8941