Abstract
Crystallization acts as a driving force for the formation of nanomaterials with high performance and hierarchical microstructures for potential applications in nanodevices. Understanding crystallization behavior of polymers becomes increasingly important with the rapid extension of applications of polymers in nanotechnology. This chapter introduces the basic aspects of polymer crystallization in complex systems in terms of thermodynamics and kinetics. Various methods to describe the crystallization behavior under both isothermal and nonisothermal conditions are introduced. Morphology of polymers created by crystallization in complex systems is discussed. Moreover, the methods to generate crystalline nanomaterials, including crystallization-driven living self-assembly, miniemulsion crystallization, and solution crystallization, are also summarized. The correlation of morphology with polymer components and methods applied is discussed.
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