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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2017 Meeting
Section: Polymer Physics
Title:
Monte Carlo simulation of the crystallization of a polymeric blend.
Authors:
Catalin BERLIC (1), Cristina MIRON (1), Emil BARNA (1), Valentin BARNA (1), Eduard GATIN (1, 2), Oana DOBRESCU (1), Daciana ZMARANDACHE (2)
Affiliation:
1) University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, P.O.BOX MG-11, Magurele, Bucharest, Romania
2) “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Bucharest, Romania
E-mail
cataliniulian.berlic@g.unibuc.ro
Keywords:
Monte Carlo simulation, crystalline polymers, polymeric blend, nucleation, Avrami equation
Abstract:
We used Monte Carlo simulation to investigate crystallization in a bi-component polymeric system. It was found that time dependence of the crystalline fractions of both polymers obey the Avrami equation. For various nucleation conditions, we obtained the crystallization rate constant and the Avrami indices for the all components of the blend, the agreement between the values predicted by theory and those obtained from simulations being excellent. We also made a through statistics on the dimensions of the generated spherulites, the dimension and distribution of the radii of the crystalline domains being strongly influenced by the growth velocities and concentrations of the nuclei.
Acknowledgement:
The research activities were supported from the RO PN-II-RU-TE-2014-2412 grant
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