在表轴性聚合物结晶过程中,异型物质物质耗尽
Jason X Liu1,2, Yang Xia1, Yucheng Wang3
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Soft matter
|October 9, 2023
概括
研究人员在半晶聚合物薄膜中探索了边缘结晶. 使用表轴生长和矩阵辅助脉冲激光蒸发 (MAPLE),他们在这个过程中揭示了异性质物质耗尽.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 聚合物物理 聚合物物理
- 表面科学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 半晶体聚合物薄膜特性取决于晶体域形态学.
- 平面聚合物晶体定向的机制是可以理解的,但边缘定向机制是不能理解的.
- 薄膜往往采用平面方向,使边缘研究复杂化.
研究的目的:
- 研究聚合物薄膜中边缘结晶的难以捉摸的机制.
- 为了强制执行边缘方向,使用表轴聚合物-基板关系.
- 了解聚合物结晶在限制下的物理.
主要方法:
- 采用一个表轴性聚合物基质关系来直接结晶.
- 使用矩阵辅助脉冲激光蒸发 (MAPLE) 进行薄膜沉积.
- 结合实验结果与相场模拟.
主要成果:
- 在薄聚合物薄膜中成功强制执行边缘结晶.
- 证明了空间分离的晶体核和表轴结晶.
- 在边缘结晶过程中观察到高度异构和局部物质耗尽.
结论:
- 提供了对聚合物结晶在限制下的物理学的更深入的见解.
- 引入了一种用于结晶超薄结构薄膜的新加工模式.
- 提升了对聚合物薄膜中的结构性质关系的理解.
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