화학공학소재연구정보센터
Macromolecules, Vol.40, No.11, 4002-4008, 2007
AFM studies of the molecular weight dependence of lamellar growth kinetics of polymers near the glass transition temperature
The dependence of the lamellar growth kinetics on the molecular weight (MW) of poly(bisphenol A octane ether) (BA-C8) in the low crystallization temperature region was investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM). We found that Lauritzen-Hoffman's theory can be used to analyze kinetics data of BA-C8 samples obtained in regimes I and II but not regime III. A new expression of lamellar growth kinetics was proposed on the basis of a simple kinetic model with a rough surface.