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Polymerization-Induced Crystallization in Crystalline Polymer Blends

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The present article reviews recent advances in polymer crystallization in binary crystalline–amorphous polymer blends with emphasis on ubiquitous phenomenon of photopolymerization-induced crystallization (PIC). Guided by the solid–liquid phase diagram, various crystalline morphologies have been generated by PIC via a competition between dynamics of liquid–liquid phase separation and crystal solidification. Among various polymerization techniques, photopolymerization is advantageous since incident laser beams can be manipulated through wave interference by controlling relative photopolymerization rates in the bright versus dark regions of illumination. In some cases, photo-intensity gradient may be deployed to control the directional crystal growth patterns.

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Reaction-induced phase separation (RIPS) has been extensively investigated in reactive amorphous polymer blends as a means of controlling the final blend morphology (Kim et al. 1993; Kyu and Lee 1996; Riew 1989...

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Kyu, T. (2014). Polymerization-Induced Crystallization in Crystalline Polymer Blends. In: Palsule, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Polymers and Composites. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37179-0_31-1

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