Since the discovery that polymer single crystals are composed of chain
folded macromolecules in 1957, the crystallization of polymers has
attracted considerable interest and still provides fascinating and
fruitful areas of research. Only a few books have been fully devoted to
the crystallization of polymers in the past.
This book contains the proceedings of the NATO ARW devoted to the
`Crystallization of Polymers' which took place in September 1992 at the
University of Mons-Hainaut (Belgium). In view of the variety of papers
devoted to the crystallization of polymers, this book will be used in
the next few years as a reference book for scientists concerned in the
field of polymer physical chemistry.
Crystallization of Polymers is mainly devoted to the experimental and
theoretical study of the crystallization of synthetic polymers. As a
kinetic study of the growth of polymer crystals should always be
preceded by a morphological or a structural investigation, the
structure, the morphology of polymer crystals and more particularly the
lamellar and supralamellar organizations, as well as the nature of the
crystal amorphous interface are reviewed and discussed.