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MATERIALS TODAY
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 14-24Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-7021(10)70080-8
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- NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Polymers at UMass Amherst [DMR-0820506]
- Center for Hierarchal Manufacturing [CMMI-0531171]
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One of the long-standing challenges in the field of polymer semiconductors is to figure out how long interpenetrating and entangled polymer chains self-assemble into single crystals from the solution phase or melt. The ability to produce these crystalline solids has fascinated scientists from a broad range of backgrounds including physicists, chemists, and engineers. Scientists are still on the hunt for determining the mechanism of crystallization in these information-rich materials. Understanding the theory and concept of crystallization of polymer semiconductors will undoubtedly transform this area from an art to an area that will host a bandwagon of scientists and engineers. In this article we describe the basic concept of crystallization and highlight some of the advances in polymer crystallization from crystals to nanocrystalline fibers.
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