Nanofluidics Approach to Separate between Static and Kinetic Nanoconfinement Effects on the Crystallization of Polymers
Nanofluidics Approach to Separate between Static and Kinetic Nanoconfinement Effects on the Crystallization of Polymers
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b00185
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发表时间:
2015-07-01
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影响因子:
10.8
通讯作者:
Serghei, Anatoli
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作者:
Houachtia, Afef;Alcouffe, Pierre;Serghei, Anatoli
Here we report a nanofluidics approach that allows one to discriminate, for the first time, between static and kinetic effects on the crystallization of polymers in 2-dimensional nanoconfinement. Nanofluidics cells designed to monitor in real time, via permittivity measurements, the flow process of polymers into cylindrical nanopores were employed to investigate the crystallization of poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) (PVDF-TrFE) under static and under kinetic confinement conditions. A significant separation between static confinement effects and flow effects in confinement is reported. A characteristic time is deduced, to quantify the impact of flow on the crystallization process of polymers taking place under conditions of 2D geometrical nanoconfinement.