Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1999-10-07
Polymer, 41, 8857-8867 (2000)
Physics
Condensed Matter
9 pages, 11 figures, revtex
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0032-3861(00)00229-9
In this paper I describe the computer simulations that I have performed to critically examine the Lauritzen-Hoffman and the Sadler-Gilmer theories of polymer crystallization. In particular, I have computed the free energy profile for nucleation of a new crystalline layer on the growth face to compare with that assumed by the Lauritzen-Hoffman theory, I have analysed the mechanism of thickness selection in a multi-pathway model in which some of the constraints in the Lauritzen-Hoffman theory are relaxed, and I have re-examined the model used by Sadler-Gilmer. These investigations have lead to a mechanism of thickness selection of lamellar polymer crystals that differs from the two theories that I set out to examine.
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