2 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020
Property Decoupling across the Nucleus-Melt Interface during Polymer Crystal Nucleation
Kyle Wm. Hall, Simona Percec, Wataru Shinoda +1
Spatial distributions are presented that quantitatively capture how polymer properties (e.g., segment alignment, density, and potential energy) vary with distance from nascent poly…
cond-mat.soft2019
Divining the Shape of Nascent Polymer Crystal Nuclei
Kyle Wm. Hall, Timothy W. Sirk, Simona Percec +2
We demonstrate that nascent polymer crystals (i.e., nuclei) are anisotropic entities, with neither spherical nor cylindrical geometry, in contrast to previous assumptions. In fact,…