Polymer Crystallization [electronic resource] : Observations, Concepts and Interpretations / edited by Günter Reiter, Jens-Uwe Sommer.

Polymer Crystallization Viewed in the General Context of Particle Formation and Crystallization -- Role of Metastable Phases in Polymer Crystallization; Early Stages of Crystal Growth -- A Comparative Study of the Mechanisms of Initial Crystallization and Recrystallization after Melting in Syndiotactic Polypropene and Isotactic Polystyrene -- Polymer Crystallization Viewed by Magnetic Alignment -- Following Crystallization in Polymers Using AFM -- Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Semicrystalline Polymers at Variable Temperature -- Crystallization of Polymers in Thin Films: Model Experiments -- A Generic Model for Growth and Morphogenesis of Polymer Crystals in Two Dimensions -- Structure Formation and Chain-Folding in Supercooled Polymer Melts. Some Ideas from MD Simulations with a Coarse-Grained Model -- Lamellar Ethylene Oxide-Butadiene Block Copolymer Films as Model Systems for Confined Crystallisation -- Crystallization Kinetical Peculiarities in Polymer Blends -- Dendritic Growth of Polyethylene Oxide on Patterned Surfaces -- Vitrification and Devitrification of the Rigid Amorphous Fraction in Semicrystalline Polymers Revealed from Frequency Dependent Heat Capacity -- Probing Crystallization Studying Amorphous Phase Evolution -- Modeling Polymer Crystallization: DSC Approach -- A Computational Model for Processing of Semicrystalline Polymers: The Effects of Flow-Induced Crystallization -- Physical Cross Links in Amorphous PET, Influence of Cooling Rate and Ageing -- Maximum Crystal Growth Rate and Its Corresponding State in Polymeric Materials -- Lamellar Growth in Melt-Crystallizing Polymers: Some Effect Related to a Nucleating Agent -- Outlook and Open Questions: A Personal View.

This volume introduces and reports on the state-of-the-art regarding both theoretical and experimental aspects of phase transitions in polymeric solutions or melts that lead to crystallization. Written in the form of a set of self-contained reviews, the book is both a modern and comprehensive source of reference and an introduction into the field for nonspecialist researchers and postgraduate students.