Differences in Crystallization Behaviors between Cyclic and Linear Polymer Nanocomposites

Rong-Juan Liu; Zhi-Ping Zhou; Yong Liu; Zhao-Peng Liang; Yong-Qiang Ming; Tong-Fan Hao; Yi-Jing Nie

doi:10.1007/s10118-020-2403-0

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Differences in Crystallization Behaviors between Cyclic and Linear Polymer Nanocomposites

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- Differences in Crystallization Behaviors between Cyclic and Linear Polymer Nanocomposites
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 38, Issue 9, Pages: 1034-1044(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.Research School of Polymeric Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
  b.Institute of Green Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
- Author bio：
  
  zhouzp@ujs.edu.cn (Z.P.Z.)
  nieyijing@ujs.edu.cn (Y.J.N.)
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- DOI：10.1007/s10118-020-2403-0
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- Received：17 January 2020，
  
  Revised：2020-2-6，
  
  Accepted：13 February 2020，
  
  Online First：21 April 2020，
  
  Published：2020-09
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Liu, R. J.; Zhou, Z. P.; Liu, Y.; Liang, Z. P.; Ming. Y. Q.; Hao, T. F.; Nie, Y. J. Differences in crystallization behaviors between cyclic and linear polymer nanocomposites. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 1034–1044

Rong-Juan Liu, Zhi-Ping Zhou, Yong Liu, et al. Differences in Crystallization Behaviors between Cyclic and Linear Polymer Nanocomposites[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2020, 38(9): 1034-1044.
Liu, R. J.; Zhou, Z. P.; Liu, Y.; Liang, Z. P.; Ming. Y. Q.; Hao, T. F.; Nie, Y. J. Differences in crystallization behaviors between cyclic and linear polymer nanocomposites. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2020, 38, 1034–1044 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-020-2403-0.

Rong-Juan Liu, Zhi-Ping Zhou, Yong Liu, et al. Differences in Crystallization Behaviors between Cyclic and Linear Polymer Nanocomposites[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2020, 38(9): 1034-1044. DOI： 10.1007/s10118-020-2403-0.

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Cyclic polymers exhibit fascinating crystallization behaviors owing to the absence of chain ends and more compact conformations. In the current simulation

dynamic Monte Carlo simulations were performed to reveal the underlying mechanism of the effect of chain topology and chain length on crystallization of polymer in solutions containing one-dimensional nanofiller. Simulation results suggested that the filled cyclic polymers exhibit higher melting temperature

higher crystallization temperature

and faster crystallization rate than the analogous linear polymers of identical chain length

especially in the systems with relatively short chains. Based on the Thomson-Gibbs equation

we theoretically analyzed the difference in the melting point between the cyclic and linear polymers under different chain lengths

and derived the dependence of the ratio of the melting point of the linear polymers to that of its cyclic analogs on chain length. In addition

it was also observed that the nanofiller can induce the formation of nanohybrid shish-kebab structure during isothermal crystallization of all systems.

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