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The type of supermolecular structure and the morphology in binary polymer blends with one crystallizable component and with a miscibility gap are strongly influenced by the relative rate of crystallization and demixing. Depending on the composition of the blend and on the relative position of the crystallization curve and the miscibility gap in the phase diagram, demixing-induced crystallization as well as crystallization-induced demixing can occur. Both these approaches lead to new and interesting structures. Additionally, the interaction of the two mentioned kinds of phase transition can under circumstances affect the growth rates of adjacent spherulites. This results in anisotropic concentration distribution or phase-separation morphology around their surfaces.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. W. Pechhold on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
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Li, Y., Stein, M. & Jungnickel, B.J. Competition between crystallization and phase separation in polymer blends I. Diffusion controlled supermolecular structures and phase morphologies in poly(ɛ-caprolactone)/polystyrene blends. Colloid Polym Sci 269, 772–780 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00657443
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