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Temperature dependence of crystal – melt coexistence for supported polyethylene filaments
Da Huang, Thorsten Hugel, Bizan N. Balzer, Günter Reiter. Nature Communications 16 (2025) 11127
The broken symmetry of molecular interactions at interfaces is causing that crystals are often covered by a thin liquid layer of their own melt. Such crystal–melt coexistence can be related to phenomena of surface premelting, secondary nucleation and melting point depression, particularly important for small systems. Here, we employed intermittent-contact mode atomic force microscopy imaging on nanoscopic semi-cylindrical filaments of polyethylene on a substrate to observe that these filaments contained a crystalline core bounded by molten regions of rather uniform width, W_soft= (9 ± 2) nm at room temperature, which increased reversibly with temperature T. Filaments smaller than ca. 2∙W_soft (T) were completely molten. The values of W_soft (T) compared favorably with theoretically predicted characteristic length scales in the context of nucleation, surface premelting and the melting point depression of finite size crystals. Altogether, we show that these three phenomena are related and dominated by the intermolecular forces acting at crystal surfaces.
Crystallization of Layers of Strongly Adsorbed Poly(ethylene terephthalate) on Silicon Substrates
Liang Chen, Zhihang Bian, Xiaonan Li, Zhenwei Jiang, Jianquan Xu, Decai Lin, Guenter Reiter, Jichun You, Xinping Wang. Macromolecules 58 (2025) 12222–12230
We examined the crystallization behavior of ultrathin layers of strongly adsorbed poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) chains on silicon substrates, yielding a characteristic morphology of uniquely curved dendritic polymer crystals. The observed curvature resulted from bent edge-on lamellar crystals from which terraced flat-on branched lamellar crystals grew essentially from the convex outer side. The degree of bending increased with decreasing crystallization temperature and increasing strength of polymer/substrate interactions. We propose that unbalanced stresses acting on the fold surfaces of PET lamellar crystals, probably induced by strong interactions with the substrate, were responsible for the observed curvature of the lamellar crystals. (more...)
Crystallization and Melting of Polyethylene Strongly Cross-linked in the Molten State
Jingqing Li, Weihua Wang, Yunxiang Shi, Barbara Heck, Chuanfu Luo, Jesper de Claville Christiansen, Donghong Yu, Günter Reiter, Shichun Jiang. Soft Matter 21 (2025) 6422
We examined the crystallization and melting behavior of highly cross-linked polyethylene (xPE) samples, including structural characterization of the resulting crystalline domains. Using γ-ray irradiation, cross-linking was performed in the molten state and not in the solid state. This approach assured a statistical and homogeneous distribution of the cross-link points. Upon increasing the radiation dose, the molecular weight of the strands connecting the cross-link points reached values even lower than that of the strands between physical entanglements. (more...)
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- Light-Scattering Study of Fluctuations oin Concentration, Density, and Local Anisotropy in Polystyrene Dioxane Mixtures
- T. Koch, G. Strobl, B. Stühn. Macromulecules 25, 6255-6261 (1992)
- Neutron-Scattering Study of Segmental Dynamics in the Disordered Regions of Partially Crystalline Polyethylene
- G. Hohlweg, B. Holzer, W. Petry, G. Strobl, B. Stühn. Macromolecules 25, 6248-6254 (1992)
- Ellipsometric microscopy: Imaging monomolecular surfactant layers at the air-water interface
- R. Reiter, H. Motschmann, H. Orendi, A. Nemetz, W. Knoll. Langmuir 8, 1784-1788 (1992)
- The Effect of Short and Long Range Interactions on the Break up and Dewetting of Thin Polymer Films
- G. Reiter. Proceedings of the MRS Fall meeting 1991, Boston, USA
- TOREMA - A Neutron Reflectometer at Jülich
- M. Stamm, S. Hüttenbach, G. Reiter. Physica B 173, 11 (1991)
- The Use of X-ray and Neutron Reflectometry for the Investigation of Polymeric Thin Films
- M. Stamm, G. Reiter, K. Kunz. Physica B 173, 35 (1991)
- The Interface between 2 Strongly Incompatible Polymers
- S. Hüttenbach, M. Stamm, G. Reiter, M. Foster. Langmuir 7, 2438 (1991)
- Initial Stages of Polymer Interdiffusion Studied by Neutron Reflectometry
- M. Stamm, S. Hüttenbach, G. Reiter, T. Springer. Europhys. Lett. 14, 451 (1991)
- Measurements of Polymer Diffusion Over Small Distances: A Check of Reptation Arguments
- G. Reiter, U. Steiner. J. Phys. (France) II 1, 659-671 (1991)
- Time Regimes in Polymer Interdiffusion Determined by Marker Movement
- G. Reiter, S. Hüttenbach, M. Foster, M. Stamm. Macromolecules 24, 1179 (1991)
- X-ray and Neutron Reflectometry for the Investigation of Polymer Diffusion
- G. Reiter, S. Hüttenbach, M. Foster, M. Stamm. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 341, 284-288 (1991)
- Molecular-Dynamics in Perfluoro-n-Eicosane. 3. Oscillatory and Diffusive Translational Motion
- T. Albrecht, R. Jäger, W. Petry, R. Steiner, G. Strobl, B. Stühn. Journal of Chemical Physics 95, 2817-2822 (1991)
- Molecular-Dynamics in Perfluoro-n-Eicosane. 2. Components of Disorder
- T. Albrecht, H. Elben, R. Jäger, M. Kimmig, R. Steiner, G. Strobl, B. Stühn, H. Schwickert, C. Ritter. Journal of Chemical Physics 95, 2807-2816 (1991)
- Molecular-Dynamics in Perfluoro-n-Eicosane. 1. Solid-Phase Behavior and Crystal-Structures
- H. Schwickert, G. Strobl, M. Kimmig. Journal of Chemical Physics 95, 2800-2806 (1991)
- Mesogenic 4-Methoxyphenyl 4-Hexyloxybenzoate
- W. Haase, H. Paulus, G. Strobl, W. Hotz. Acta Crystallographica C, Crystal Structure Communications 47, 2005-2006 (1991)
- Ellipsometric characterisation of Langmuir monolayer of “hairy-rod” polymeres at the air-water interface
- H. Motschmann, R. Reiter, R. Lawall, G. Duda, M. Stamm, G. Wegner, W. Knoll. Langmuir 7, 2743-2747 (1991)
- Comparative Study of Individual and Collective Rotational Motion in Mixtures of Liquid Crystalline Side Group Polymers and Low Molecular Weight Mesogens
- H. Seiberle, W. Stille and G. Strobl. Macromolecules 23, 2008 (1990)
- Interdiffusion of Polymer Thin Films as Determined by Scattering Techniques
- M. Stamm, D. Brautmeier, G. Reiter, M. Foster. Proceed. of the 48th ANTEC 1990 Dallas, USA on "Plastics in the Environment: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" 36, 825 (1990)
- Characterisation of Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces by Reflectivity and Interference Techniques
- M. Stamm, G. Reiter, M. Foster, H. Motschmann, S.Hüttenbach, C. Toprakcioglu. Sci. and Eng., ACS/PMSE 62, 843 (1990)
- Interfacial Mixing of Polymers as Investigated by X-ray and Neutron Reflectometry
- M. Stamm, G. Reiter, S. Hüttenbach, M. Foster. ACS Polymer preprints 31, 73 (1990)