Modeling Thermal Welding of Semicrystalline Polymers

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Boundary layer description of directional polymer crystallisation

Sabin Adhikari et al.

Summary: The study indicates that directional crystallization is similar to isothermal crystallization experiment, and this equivalence holds in detail at low directional velocities. Numerical results show that the polymer analog tracks with Stefan results, and the position of the crystal growth-front evolves with time exactly as in the Stefan problem.

SOFT MATTER (2021)

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Modeling polymer crystallisation induced by a moving heat sink

Sabin Adhikari et al.

Summary: Recent experimental work has shown that polymer crystallisation can be used to move and organize nanoparticles. The modification of the classical Stefan problem is considered in this study, where the crystallisation of polymer is proportional to its subcooling. The results show that at a certain level of approximation, the crystallisation kinetics of the polymer do not cause qualitative changes to the physics of the situation.

SOFT MATTER (2021)

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