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Quasi-isothermal temperature modulated DSC and DMA measurements (TMDSC and TMDMA, respectively) were performed to determine heat capacity and shear modulus as a function of time during crystallization. Non-reversible and reversible phenomena in the crystallization region of polymers can be observed. The combination of TMDSC and TMDMA yields new information about local processes at the surface of polymer crystals, like reversible melting. Reversible melting can be observed in complex heat capacity and in the amplitude of shear modulus in response to temperature perturbation. The fraction of material involved in reversible melting, which is established during main crystallization, keeps constant during secondary crystallization for PCL PET and PEEK. This shows that also after long crystallization times the surfaces of the individual polymer crystallites are in equilibrium with the surrounding melt. Simply speaking, polymer crystals are ‘living crystals’.
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Wurm, A., Merzlyakov, M. & Schick, C. Reversible Melting During Crystallization of Polymers Studied by Temperature Modulated Techniques (TMDSC, TMDMA). Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 60, 807–820 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010195321797
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