10.3 Crystalline Structures of Polymers ...................... 197
10.3.1 Hierarchical Crystalline Structures............... 197
10.3.2 Unit Cells of Polymer Crystals.................. 198
10.3.3 Folded-Chain Lamellar Crystals................. 200
10.3.4 Morphology of Polymer Crystals................ 203
10.4 Kinetics of Polymer Crystallization..................... 208
10.4.1 Nucleation of Polymer Crystallization............. 208
10.4.2 Microscopic Mechanism of Polymer
Crystal Growth.............. ............... 212
10.4.3 Overall Kinetic Analysis of Polymer
Crystallization .............................. 214
References............................................ 21911 Interplay Between Phase Separation and Polymer
Crystallization......................................... 223
11.1 Complexity of Polymer Phase Transitions................ 223
11.2 Enhanced Phase Separation in the Blends
Containing Crystallizable Polymers..................... 226
11.3 Accelerated Crystal Nucleation in the Concentrated
Phase........................................... 228
11.4 Accelerated Crystal Nucleation at Liquid Interfaces......... 230
11.5 Accelerated Crystal Nucleation in the Single-Chain
Systems......................................... 232
11.6 Interplay of Phase Transitions in Diblock Copolymers....... 235
11.7 Implication of Interplays in Biological Systems............ 236
References............................................ 238
Index................................................... 241
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