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Polymer Features in Crystallization

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This review firstly gives an overview on the importance of crystallization in natural and synthetic polymers/macromolecules. Then it introduces the typical features that have been raised by chain-like macromolecules in crystallization, including anisotropic interactions in the thermodynamic driving forces, chain folding in the crystal morphologies, chemical confinement in the copolymer crystallization, and mechanical enhancement in the stretching processes. Four features separately cover the thermodynamics and the kinetics of polymer crystallization, as well as the crystallinity and the mechanical properties of semicrystalline polymers. The review ends up with how these features enhance specific functions of crystalline polymers, which demonstrates polymer crystallization as a challenging yet promising field in the future.

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Wen-Bing Hu, graduated in 1989, Ph. D in 1995, and Lecturer during 1995–2000 at Fudan University; Postdocs during 1998–2003 at Freiburg University, University of Tennessee and FOM Institute-Amolf; Professor since 2004 at Nanjing University; awarded Outstanding Youth Funding of NNSFC in 2008, and APS Fellow in 2020; now associate editor of Acta Polymerica Sinica. Research interests are mainly in polymer physics, specifically in polymer crystallization. Author of the books “Introduction to Polymer Physics” (Chinese, Science Publisher, Beijing, 2011), “Polymer Physics: A Molecular Approach” (English, Springer, Wien, 2013), “Principles of Polymer Crystallization” (Chinese, Chemical Technology Publisher, Beijing, 2015), and over 100 total publications of book chapters, academic reviews and research articles.

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Hu, WB. Polymer Features in Crystallization. Chin J Polym Sci 40, 545–555 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-022-2710-8

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