Figure 1

(Color online) Basic crystallization kinetics features for sample $M2$ $(\Phi =0.557)$. (a) Evolution of the crystal scattering intensity at the main reflections and (inset) at the higher-order reflections. (b) Time evolution of the crystallinity $X\left(t\right)$ (spheres, left axis) and the number density of crystallites (stars, right axis). The color code in the crystallinity curve and in the scattering curves in (a) corresponds to the different crystallization stages: $\text{black}\equiv \text{induction}$, green $\left(\text{lighter}\text{gray}\right)\equiv \text{main}$ crystallization, red $\left(\text{gray}\right)\equiv \text{coarsening}$ (ripening).Reuse & Permissions

Figure 2

(Color online) (a) Time evolution of the crystallites’ dimensions: asterisks ($M1$, $\Phi =0.551$), solid stars ($M2$, $\Phi =0.557$), open stars ($M3$, $\Phi =0.559$), open squares ($M4$, $\Phi =0.565$), and solid squares ($M5$, $\Phi =0.568$). The time scale for each sample is normalized on $t_{\mathit{ind}}$, which is $(25\pm 5)\min$ for all samples considered here. Circles denote the position of $t_{\mathit{coars}}$ for each sample. The solid line is a best fit with a power law for sample $M1$ during main crystallization. (b) Samples $M3$ and $M4$, displaying “ripening-dominated” growth from the very beginning of crystallization. Solid lines are power-law best fits to the data, starting from $t∕t_{\mathit{ind}}=1$. (c) Schematic illustrating the hypothetic structure of a polydisperse crystallizing sample during the early stage of the main crystallization (left) and during ripening (right). According to our hypothesis, particle transport in the gray regions governs crystal growth in both cases.Reuse & Permissions