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Quasi-isothermal temperature modulated DSC (TMDSC) were performed during crystallization to determine heat capacity as function of time and frequency. Non-reversible and reversible phenomena in the crystallization region of polymers were distinguished. TMDSC yields new information about the dynamics of local processes at the surface of polymer crystals, like reversible melting. The fraction of material involved in reversible melting, which is established during main crystallization, keeps constant during secondary crystallization for polycaprolactone (PCL). This shows that also after long crystallization times the surfaces of the individual crystallites are in equilibrium with the surrounding melt. Simply speaking, polymer crystals are ‘living crystals’. A strong frequency dependence of complex heat capacity can be observed during and after crystallization of polymers.
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Schick, C., Merzlyakov, M., Minakov, A. et al. Crystallization of Polymers Studied by Temperature Modulated Calorimetric Measurements at Different Frequencies. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 59, 279–288 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010108617592
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