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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2013 Meeting

Section: Polymer Physics

Title:

Monte Carlo simulations of polymer crystallization process

Authors:

C. Berlic, V. Barna, B. Manolescu, D. Dena

Affiliation:

University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, P.O.BOX MG-11, Bucharest, Romania

E-mail

cberlic@hotmail.com

Keywords:

Monte Carlo simulation, Avrami equation, kinetics of crystallization, polymer

Abstract:

Polymer crystallization controls the macroscopic structure of the materials and determines the properties of final polymer products. Herein, we report several Monte Carlo simulations based on the Avrami equation of the crystallization of polymers. We also studied the nucleation, growth and development kinetics for polymeric crystalline regions, which are both of fundamental and practical interest nowadays. Using a special developed stochastic method, we determined the volume of the crystallized phase and the parameters of the Avrami equation. The simulation results where then compared with both theoretical and experimental literature reports, being in excellent agreement. Note: B. MANOLESCU and D. DENA were supported by the doctoral grant of the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport 2011.