Complete Phase Diagram Research Articles

Insight into the aggregation and phase behavior for aqueous solution of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether with self-assembly induced optical and electrical properties

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGMBE) is a polar small molecule with amphiphilic characteristics, which can form various aggregates in aqueous solution. The solubility of EGMBE decreases as the temperature increasing with a lower critical solution temperature (LCST). The influence of temperature and salinity on aggregation behavior and solubility of EGMBE were thoroughly investigated in this paper. The phase transition temperatures of EGMBE aqueous solutions with different concentrations were determined and compared with literature. The completed phase diagram of the ternary system (water + NaCl + EGMBE) was constructed. The measured liquid-liquid equilibrium (LLE) data can be well fitted to the commonly used empirical equations Othmer–Tobias, Bancroft and Setschenow. The dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurement shows that the particle size of EGMBE aggregates increases with increasing concentration, reaching its maximum at EGMBE mass fraction of about 30 %. Increasing temperature and inorganic salt concentration can both promote the increase of particle size, especially when approaching the phase separation point, the particle size increases sharply, and the corresponding viscosity of EGMBE solution abnormally increases with increasing temperature. The Tyndall effect of EGMBE solution was also observed to be most significant at mass fraction around 30 %. It is interesting to note that the conductivity of EGMBE solution increases with increasing concentration, reaching its maximum value when the EGMBE mass fraction is about 30 %, though EGMBE is not conductive. The investigation of pyrene fluorescence probes and surface/interfacial tension also demonstrated the aggregation and surface adsorption of EGMBE.

Monolayers of amino acid-type amphiphiles

The monolayer characteristics of selected N-alkanoyl substituted α-amino acid are studied with the objective to demonstrate the specific effect of the chemical structure of the polar head group which is highlighted with the D- and L-enantiomers of the following selected examples: R-alanine, R-serine, R-threonine, R-allo-threonine, and R-aspartic acid (R = C16, C18). The thermodynamic effect of the head group variation is studied. Experimental π-A isotherms of the N-tetradecyl-L-alanine monolayers show similar behavior as those of usual amphiphiles. The -CH3-group in R-alanine with the simplest head group structure is substituted by a -CH2-OH group in R-serine and serine methylester and by a -CH- CH3-OH group in R-threonine (or allo-threonine) and threonine methylester. The introduction of the methyl group in 3-position of serine (serine to 3-methyl-serine = threonine) shifts the characteristic temperatures by >20 K to lower values determined for N-C16-Dl-serine. The formation of the corresponding methylester decreases these temperatures by 15 K for serine with the shorter (C16) alkyl chain and only by ∼5 K for threonine with the longer chain (C18). The π–A curves of the enantiomeric and racemic allo-forms show similar features to those of N-stearoyl-threonine. The absolute T0-values (disappearance of the LE/LC-transition) are 4–5 K larger compared with the corresponding N-stearoyl-threonines, but the ΔT0 between the enantiomeric (D) and the racemic (DL) forms is only slightly larger than that of N-stearoyl-threonine.Monolayers of different N-alkanoyl substituted α-amino acid amphiphiles have been mesoscopically characterized. Substantial topological differences are observable at the condensed phase domains of several amino acid amphiphiles, such as, N-palmitoyl aspartic acid, N-palmitoyl- or N-stearoyl serine methyl ester, N-stearoyltyrosine, N-palmitoyl or N-myristoyl alanine. Many fascinating domain shapes are found, but always the curvatures of the two enantiomeric forms are directed in an opposite sense. The domain shape of the 1:1 racemic mixtures is usually different, but very often oppositely curved texture elements are observable.GIXD is used to study the characteristic features of the lattice structure of condensed monolayer phases on the Angstrom scale. Specific for all structures is the large tilt angle with respect to the surface normal, which decreases only marginally by compression. The large size of the head groups and strong interactions between them dominate the monolayer structure. As presented for NC16 and N-C18-threonine, N-C16-DL -serine, N-C16-L -serine, NC16 DL -serine-ME, NC16 L -serine-ME, NC18 DL -threonine-ME, and NC18 L -threonine-ME the enantiomers form an oblique lattice structure (3 diffraction peaks), whereas two peaks are observed for the racemates forming NNN tilted orthorhombic structures. A complete phase diagram of mixed monolayers of the D- and L-enantiomers of N-stearoyl-threonine with two eutectic points at xD ≈ 0.25 and xD ≈ 0.75 is proposed.The quantum chemical semiempirical PM3 method is applied to calculate the thermodynamic and structural parameters of clusterization in finite and infinite clusters for N-alkanoyl-substituted alanine with n = 8–17 carbon atoms in the chain at the air/water interface with the aim to obtain a new theoretical verification of the experimental results.

In Situ Monitoring of Block Copolymer Self-Assembly via Solvent Exchange through Controlled Dialysis with Light and Neutron Scattering Detection.

Solution self-assembly of amphiphilic block copolymers (BCs) is typically performed by a solvent-to-water exchange. However, BC assemblies are often trapped in metastable states depending on the mixing conditions such as the magnitude and rate of water addition. BC self-assembly can be performed under near thermodynamic control by dialysis, which accounts for a slow and gradual water addition. In this Letter we report the use of a specifically designed dialysis cell to continuously monitor by dynamic light scattering and small-angle neutron scattering the morphological changes of PDMS-b-PEG BCs self-assemblies during THF-to-water exchange. The complete phase diagrams of near-equilibrium structures can then be established. Spherical micelles first form before evolving to rod-like micelles and vesicles, decreasing the total developed interfacial area of self-assembled structures in response to increasing interfacial energy as the water content increases. The dialysis kinetics can be tailored to the time scale of BC self-assembly by modifying the membrane pore size, which is of interest to study the interplay between thermodynamics and kinetics in self-assembly pathways.

Phase transitions of aqueous solutions of Pluronic F68 in the presence of Diclofenac Sodium

In recent years, advancements in bioengineering and materials science have witnessed increasing interest in synthetic polymers capable of fulfilling various applications. Owing to their distinctive properties, Pluronics can be used as nano-drug carriers, to deliver poorly water-soluble drugs, and as model systems to study colloidal science by tuning amphiphilic properties. In this work, we investigated the effect of diclofenac sodium on the self-assembly and thermoresponsive crystallization of Pluronic F68 in water solutions, by employing experimental rheology and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). We built a complete phase diagram as a function of temperature and concentration for 45 wt% Pluronic F68 with various amounts of diclofenac sodium in water. The morphological transitions were followed as a function of temperature via linear rheology. We extrapolated the transition temperatures – identifying distinct phases – as a function of the drug concentration and proposed an empirical model for their prediction. NMR analysis provided further information on the structural characteristics of the systems, shedding light on the interactions between F68 and diclofenac sodium. Although dealing with a pharmaceutical salt, the study is focused on a colloidal system and its interaction with a binding molecule, that is of general interest for colloidal science.

Review of Single Crystal Synthesis of 11 Iron-Based Superconductors.

The 11 system in the iron-based superconducting family has become one of the most extensively studied materials in the research of high-temperature superconductivity, due to their simple structure and rich physical properties. Many exotic properties, such as multiband electronic structure, electronic nematicity, topology and antiferromagnetic order, provide strong support for the theory of high-temperature superconductivity, and have been at the forefront of condensed matter physics in the past decade. One noteworthy aspect is that a high upper critical magnetic field, large critical current density and lower toxicity give the 11 system good application prospects. However, the research on 11 iron-based superconductors faces numerous obstacles, mainly stemming from the challenges associated with producing high-quality single crystals. Since the discovery of FeSe superconductivity in 2008, researchers have made significant progress in crystal growth, overcoming the hurdles that initially impeded their studies. Consequently, they have successfully established the complete phase diagrams of 11 iron-based superconductors, including FeSe1-xTex, FeSe1-xSx and FeTe1-xSx. In this paper, we aim to provide a comprehensive summary of the preparation methods employed for 11 iron-based single crystals over the past decade. Specifically, we will focus on hydrothermal, chemical vapor transport (CVT), self-flux and annealing methods. Additionally, we will discuss the quality, size, and superconductivity properties exhibited by single crystals obtained through different preparation methods. By exploring these aspects, we can gain a better understanding of the advantages and limitations associated with each technique. High-quality single crystals serve as invaluable tools for advancing both the theoretical understanding and practical utilization of high-temperature superconductivity.

Experimental phase diagram for the PVDF – DMAc– water ternary system with new topology: Method of construction, thermodynamics, and structure formation of membranes

Ternary mixtures of a semicrystalline (SC) polymer with a solvent and a nonsolvent are widely used primarily for preparation of membranes by nonsolvent induced phase separation (NIPS). A detailed analysis of the published studies devoted to phase equilibrium in such systems showed that the phase diagrams were either incomplete or presented in a schematic form. In the present paper, we propose a new method of plotting the ternary phase diagrams for the SC polymer – solvent – nonsolvent mixtures. This method is based on finding the location of the isotherm intersection with the curves on the temperature–composition pseudobinary phase diagrams for the SC polymer mixtures with solvent and binary mixtures of solvent and nonsolvent of different composition. The coordinates of the intersection points were used to plot for the first time the complete ternary phase diagram for the widely used mixture of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) with dimethyl acetamide (DMAc) and water. The curves on the phase diagram separate the regions of homogeneous mixtures, coexistence of two liquids, macroscopically uniform gels (swollen SC polymer) and coexistence of such gels with liquid. Using the plotted phase diagram, a new understanding of the NIPS mechanism was proposed and confirmed by direct microscopic observation of the NIPS process and SEM analysis of the membranes obtained following this way. An unexpected result of the study is discovery of the crystalline complexes in the mixtures of PVDF and DMAc, which was confirmed using both DSC and XRD techniques.

Predicting disordered regions driving phase separation of proteins under variable salt concentration

We investigate intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of phase separating proteins regarding their impact on liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of the full protein. Our theoretical approach uses a mean-field theory that accounts for sequence-dependent electrostatic interactions via a Random Phase Approximation (RPA) and in addition allows for variable salt concentration for the condensed and dilute protein phases. The numerical solution of the complete phase diagrams together with the tie lines that we derive for this model system leaves two parameters to be determined by fitting experimental data on concentrations of all species involved in the system. For our comparisons, we focus on two proteins, PGL-3 and FUS, known to undergo LLPS. For PGL-3 we predict that its long IDR near the C-terminus promotes LLPS, which we validate through direct comparison with in vitro experimental results under the same physiological conditions. For the structurally more complex protein FUS the role of the low complexity (LC) domain in LLPS has been intensively studied. Apart from the LC domain we here investigate theoretically two IDRs, one near the N-terminus and another near the C-terminus. Our theoretical analysis of these domains predict that the IDR at the N-terminus (aa 1-285) is the main driver of LLPS of FUS by comparison to in vitro experiments of the full length protein under the same physiological temperature and salt conditions.

Pressure effect of the charge density wave transition on Raman spectra and transport properties of 2H−NbSe2

Charge density wave (CDW) order is widely existing and fundamentally important in solid-state physics. However, several critical issues regarding the vibrational and electronic subsystems and their coupling still need to be better understood. Here, we tune the electrical transport and collective vibrational excitation, i.e., phonon and amplitude mode, by pressure in a prototype charge density wave material, $2H\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{NbSe}}_{2}$. A complete pressure-temperature phase diagram is revisited. The anomaly in Hall and magnetoresistivity at CDW critical temperature, ${T}_{\mathrm{CDW}}$, was suppressed by the pressure. In the Raman spectroscopy measurements, the appearance of CDW amplitude mode is accompanied by the freezing of the two-phonon mode. The frequency of CDW amplitude mode under pressure follows modified mean-field theory with power-law scaling $(\ensuremath{\beta}=0.18)$. The renormalization of the Raman phonon across the CDW transition and the mean-field temperature dependence of CDW amplitude mode emphasized the importance of electron-phonon coupling in the formation of CDW state in $2H\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{NbSe}}_{2}$. Our work clarifies the complex vibrational and electronic subsystems and sheds light on the mechanism of the charge density state in $2H\text{\ensuremath{-}}{\mathrm{NbSe}}_{2}$.

Estimating the temperature dependent zero-phase-fraction features in ternary phase diagram via Bayesian approach

A complete ternary phase diagram under constant pressure describes conditions of phase regions in the composition–temperature space, where the zero-phase-fraction (ZPF) features are in the form of point, curve, or surface. In this work, we propose an approach to determine the ZPF features and their uncertainty from the discrete data points on the isothermal sections at different temperatures. Domain knowledge of phase diagrams was used as prior in Bayesian statistics. The schematic and effectiveness of the developed method were demonstrated by two model systems and two actual systems. Besides, an experimentally determined Fe–Co–Ni system has been employed to demonstrate how to determine the phase boundary surfaces of the ternary system with combination of experimental data and information from the sub-binary systems. Phase boundary surfaces of the ternary system can be satisfactorily determined even with the data of only one isothermal section when coupled with the information from the sub-binary systems.

Fluctuation-Corrected Phase Diagrams for Diblock Copolymer Melts.

New developments in field-theoretic simulations (FTSs) are used to evaluate fluctuation corrections to the self-consistent field theory of diblock copolymer melts. Conventional simulations have been limited to the order-disorder transition (ODT), whereas FTSs allow us to evaluate complete phase diagrams for a series of invariant polymerization indices. The fluctuations stabilize the disordered phase, which shifts the ODT to higher segregation. Furthermore, they stabilize the network phases at the expense of the lamellar phase, which accounts for the presence of the Fddd phase in experiments. We hypothesize that this is due to an undulation entropy that favors curved interfaces.

Quantum criticality of a Z_{3}-symmetric spin chain with long-range interactions.

Based on large-scale density matrix renormalization group techniques, we investigate the critical behaviors of quantum three-state Potts chains with long-range interactions. Using fidelity susceptibility as an indicator, we obtain a complete phase diagram of the system. The results show that as the long-range interaction power α increases, the critical points f_{c}^{*} shift towards lower values. In addition, the critical threshold α_{c}(≈1.43) of the long-range interaction power is obtained for the first time by a nonperturbative numerical method. This indicates that the critical behavior of the system can be naturally divided into two distinct universality classes, namely the long-range (α<α_{c}) and short-range (α>α_{c}) universality classes, qualitatively consistent with the classical ϕ^{3} effective field theory. This work provides a useful reference for further research on phase transitions in quantum spin chains with long-range interaction.

Temperature-Dependent Anisotropy and Two-Band Superconductivity Revealed by Lower Critical Field in Organic Superconductor κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br

Resistivity and magnetization have been measured at different temperatures and magnetic fields in organic superconductors κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br. The lower critical field and upper critical field are determined, which allow to depict a complete phase diagram. Through the comparison between the upper critical fields with magnetic field perpendicular and parallel to the conducting ac-planes, and the scaling of the in-plane resistivity with field along different directions, we find that the anisotropy Γ is strongly dependent on temperature. It is realized that Γ is quite large (above 20) near T c, which satisfies the 2D model, but approaches a small value in the low-temperature region. The 2D-Tinkham model can also be used to fit the data at high temperatures. This is explained as a crossover from the orbital depairing mechanism in high-temperature and low-field region to the paramagnetic depairing mechanism in the high-field and low-temperature region. The temperature dependence of lower critical field, H c1(T), shows a concave shape in wide temperature region. It is found that neither a single d-wave nor a single s-wave gap can fit the H c1(T), however a two-gap model containing an s-wave and a d-wave can fit the data rather well, suggesting two-band superconductivity and an unconventional pairing mechanism in this organic superconductor.

Phase coexistence implications of violating Newton's third law.

Newton's third law, action = reaction, is a foundational statement of classical mechanics. However, in natural and living systems, this law appears to be routinely violated for constituents interacting in a nonequilibrium environment. Here, we use computer simulations to explore the macroscopic phase behavior implications of breaking microscopic interaction reciprocity for a simple model system. We consider a binary mixture of attractive particles and introduce a parameter that is a continuous measure of the degree to which interaction reciprocity is broken. In the reciprocal limit, the species are indistinguishable, and the system phase separates into domains with distinct densities and identical compositions. Increasing nonreciprocity is found to drive the system to explore a rich assortment of phases, including phases with strong composition asymmetries and three-phase coexistence. Many of the states induced by these forces, including traveling crystals and liquids, have no equilibrium analogs. By mapping the complete phase diagram for this model system and characterizing these unique phases, our findings offer a concrete path forward toward understanding how nonreciprocity shapes the structures found in living systems and how this might be leveraged in the design of synthetic materials.

Partially disordered Heisenberg antiferromagnet with short-range stripe correlations

Zero-point quantum fluctuations of a N\'eel order can produce effective interactions between quasi-orphan spins weakly coupled to the lattice. On the $\sqrt{3}\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}\sqrt{3}$-distorted triangular lattice, this phenomenon leads to a correlated partially disordered phase. In this article, we use matrix product state methods to study a similar model: the $S=1/2$ stuffed square lattice. Tuning the exchange amplitudes we go from a square lattice plus orphan central spins at ${J}^{\ensuremath{'}}/J=0$, to the union jack lattice at ${J}^{\ensuremath{'}}/J=1$, and a square lattice including all spins at $J/{J}^{\ensuremath{'}}=0$. We calculate the complete antiferromagnetic phase diagram, dominated by ferrimagnetic and N\'eel orders, and compare it with existing results. Most importantly, we find a partially disordered phase in the weakly frustrated regime. In this phase, the N\'eel order from the square lattice is unaffected, while the central spins form a collective state with exponentially decaying double-striped correlations. We also study the role of quantum fluctuations by introducing an ordering staggered magnetic field on the square sublattice and find that the central spins order ferromagnetically when fluctuations from the N\'eel order are suppressed.

Global phase diagram of charge-neutral graphene in the quantum Hall regime for generic interactions

Monolayer graphene at charge neutrality in a quantizing magnetic field is a quantum Hall ferromagnet. Due to the spin and valley (near) degeneracies, there is a plethora of possible ground states. Previous theoretical work, based on a stringent ultra short-range assumption on the symmetry-allowed interactions, predicts a phase diagram with distinct regions of spin-polarized, canted antiferromagnetic, inter-valley coherent, and charge density wave order. While early experiments suggested that the system was in the canted antiferromagnetic phase at a perpendicular field, recent scanning tunneling studies universally find Kekul\'e bond order, and sometimes also charge density wave order. Recently, it was found that if one relaxes the stringent assumption mentioned above, a phase with coexisting canted antiferromagnetic and Kekul\'e order exists in the region of the phase diagram believed to correspond to real samples. In this work, starting from the continuum limit appropriate for experiments, we present the complete phase diagram of $\nu=0$ graphene in the Hartree-Fock approximation, using generic symmetry-allowed interactions, assuming translation invariant ground states up to an intervalley coherence. Allowing for a sublattice potential (valley Zeeman coupling), we find numerous phases with different types of coexisting order. We conclude with a discussion of the physical signatures of the various states.

Study on Stable Phase Equilibria of Quinary System LiBr–NaBr–KBr–MgBr2–H2O at 298.15 K

According to the composition characteristics of mineral elements in underground brine in the Sichuan basin of China, the complete phase equilibria and phase diagram of the quinary system LiBr–NaBr–KBr–MgBr2–H2O were studied at 298.15 K. Using the experimentally determined solubilities and equilibrium solids, the spatial stereo phase diagram of the quinary system, the dry base projection phase diagrams of the saturated surfaces of the four salts MgBr2·6H2O, KBr, LiBr·2H2O, and NaBr·2H2O, and the corresponding water content diagrams were plotted, respectively. The experimental results show that at 298.15 K, in addition to the four original components, the anhydrous salt NaBr and the double salt KBr·MgBr2·6H2O are formed. The phase diagram of the quinary system at 298.15 K contains 10 univariate curves, three invariant points, and six equilibrium solid-phase crystallization regions (KBr crystallization region, NaBr crystallization region, NaBr·2H2O crystallization region, MgBr2·6H2O crystallization region, LiBr·2H2O crystallization region, KBr·MgBr2·6H2O crystallization region). When MgBr2·6H2O or KBr is saturated, LiBr has a strong salting-out effect on KBr, NaBr, or MgBr2 and NaBr, while when LiBr·2H2O is saturated, MgBr2 has a salting-out effect on KBr and NaBr. All four saturated projection surfaces have MgBr2·6H2O, and NaBr is generated. These phase equilibrium data can provide a theoretical basis to guide underground brine mining and extract useful components.

Fully packed quantum loop model on the square lattice: Phase diagram and application for Rydberg atoms

The quantum dimer and loop models attract great attentions, partially because the fundamental importance in the phases and phase transitions emerging in these prototypical constrained systems, and partially due to their intimate relevance toward the on-going experiments on Rydberg atom arrays in which the blockade mechanism naturally enforces the local constraint. Here we show, by means of the sweeping cluster quantum Monte Carlo method, the complete ground state phase diagram of the fully packed quantum loop model on the square lattice. We find between the lattice nematic (LN) phase with strong dimer attraction and the staggered phase (SP) with strong dimer repulsion, there emerges a resonating plaquette (RP) phase with off-diagonal translational symmetry breaking. Such a quantum phase is separated from the LN via a first order transition and from the SP by the famous Rokhsar-Kivelson point. Our renormalization group analysis reveals the different flow directions, fully consistent with the order parameter histogram in Monte Carlo simulations. The realization and implication of our phase diagram in Rydberg experiments are proposed.

Quantum phase transitions in non-Hermitian [formula omitted]-symmetric transverse-field Ising spin chains

We present a theoretical study of quantum phases and quantum phase transitions occurring in non-Hermitian PT-symmetric superconducting qubits chains described by a transverse-field Ising spin model. A non-Hermitian part of the Hamiltonian is implemented via imaginary staggered longitudinal magnetic field, which corresponds to a local staggered gain and loss terms. By making use of a direct numerical diagonalization of the Hamiltonian for spin chains of a finite size N, we explore the dependencies of the energy spectrum, including the energy difference between the first excited and the ground states, the spatial correlation function of local polarization (z-component of local magnetization) on the adjacent spins interaction strength J and the local gain (loss) parameter γ. A scaling procedure for the correlation length ξ allows us to establish a complete quantum phase diagram of the system. We obtain two quantum phases for J<0, namely, PT-symmetry broken antiferromagnetic state and PT-symmetry preserved paramagnetic state, and the quantum phase transition line between them is the line of exception points. For J>0 the PT-symmetry of the ground state is retained in a whole region of parameter space of J and γ, and a system shows two intriguing quantum phase transitions between ferromagnetic and paramagnetic states for a fixed parameter γ>1. We also provide the qualitative quantum phase diagram γ−J derived in the framework of the Bethe–Peierls approximation that is in a good accord with numerically obtained results.

Effect of Copolymer Properties on the Phase Behavior of Ibuprofen–PLA/PLGA Mixtures

Prediction of compatibility of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) with the polymeric carrier plays an essential role in designing drug delivery systems and estimating their long-term physical stability. A key element in deducing API-polymer compatibility is knowledge of a complete phase diagram, i.e., the solubility of crystalline API in polymer and mutual miscibility of API and polymer. In this work, the phase behavior of ibuprofen (IBU) with different grades of poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) and polylactide (PLA), varying in composition of PLGA and molecular weight of PLGA and PLA, was investigated experimentally using calorimetry and computationally by the perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory (PC-SAFT) equation of state (EOS). The phase diagrams constructed based on a PC-SAFT EOS modeling optimized using the solubility data demonstrated low solubility at typical storage temperature (25 °C) and limited miscibility (i.e., presence of the amorphous-amorphous phase separation region) of IBU with all polymers studied. The ability of PC-SAFT EOS to capture the experimentally observed trends in the phase behavior of IBU-PLA/PLGA systems with respect to copolymer composition and molecular weight was thoroughly investigated and evaluated.

Local and Global Order in Dense Packings of Semi-Flexible Polymers of Hard Spheres.

The local and global order in dense packings of linear, semi-flexible polymers of tangent hard spheres are studied by employing extensive Monte Carlo simulations at increasing volume fractions. The chain stiffness is controlled by a tunable harmonic potential for the bending angle, whose intensity dictates the rigidity of the polymer backbone as a function of the bending constant and equilibrium angle. The studied angles range between acute and obtuse ones, reaching the limit of rod-like polymers. We analyze how the packing density and chain stiffness affect the chains' ability to self-organize at the local and global levels. The former corresponds to crystallinity, as quantified by the Characteristic Crystallographic Element (CCE) norm descriptor, while the latter is computed through the scalar orientational order parameter. In all cases, we identify the critical volume fraction for the phase transition and gauge the established crystal morphologies, developing a complete phase diagram as a function of packing density and equilibrium bending angle. A plethora of structures are obtained, ranging between random hexagonal closed packed morphologies of mixed character and almost perfect face centered cubic (FCC) and hexagonal close-packed (HCP) crystals at the level of monomers, and nematic mesophases, with prolate and oblate mesogens at the level of chains. For rod-like chains, a delay is observed between the establishment of the long-range nematic order and crystallization as a function of the packing density, while for right-angle chains, both transitions are synchronized. A comparison is also provided against the analogous packings of monomeric and fully flexible chains of hard spheres.