The isothermal, isobaric spontaneous crystallization of a supercooled polymer melt is investigated by molecular-dynamics simulation of an ensemble of fully-flexible linear chains. Frustration is introduced via two incommensurate length scales set by the bond length and the position of the minimum of the non- bonding potential. Marked polymorphism with considerable bond disorder, distortions of both the local packing and the global monomer arrangements is observed. The analyses in terms of: i) orientational order parameters characterizing the global and the local order and ii) the angular distribution of the next-nearest neighbors of a monomer reach the conclusion that the polymorphs are arranged in distorted Bcc-like lattices
Bond disorder, frustration and polymorphism in the spontaneous crystallization of a polymer melt
GIUNTOLI, ANDREAMembro del Collaboration Group
;BERNINI, SEBASTIANOMembro del Collaboration Group
;LEPORINI, DINO
Membro del Collaboration Group
2016-01-01
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The isothermal, isobaric spontaneous crystallization of a supercooled polymer melt is investigated by molecular-dynamics simulation of an ensemble of fully-flexible linear chains. Frustration is introduced via two incommensurate length scales set by the bond length and the position of the minimum of the non- bonding potential. Marked polymorphism with considerable bond disorder, distortions of both the local packing and the global monomer arrangements is observed. The analyses in terms of: i) orientational order parameters characterizing the global and the local order and ii) the angular distribution of the next-nearest neighbors of a monomer reach the conclusion that the polymorphs are arranged in distorted Bcc-like latticesFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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