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Submicrometer Scroll/Tubular Lamellar Crystals of Nylon 6,6
Author(s) -
Cai W.,
Li C. Y.,
Li L.,
Lotz B.,
Keating M.,
Marks D.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200305634
Subject(s) - materials science , lamellar structure , scroll , seeding , crystallization , folding (dsp implementation) , crystal (programming language) , crystallography , tube (container) , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , thermodynamics , mechanical engineering , physics , computer science , engineering , programming language
Nylon 6,6 single‐crystal scrolls and tubes (see Figure) have been created through self‐seeding solution crystallization. The tube diameter is ∼ 350 nm with a ∼ 10 nm thin wall. The tubular/scroll single crystal form is presumably due to the asymmetric folding of Nylon 6,6, which can be turned on and off by controlling the self‐seeding temperature.