AFM observation of polyethylene single crystals: selective handedness of screw dislocations in a chair type |
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| Authors: | Akihiko Toda Mari OkamuraMasamichi Hikosaka Yoshitsugu Nakagawa |
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| Affiliation: | a Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8521, Japan
b Toray Research Center, Inc., 3-3-7 Sonoyama, Otsu 520-8567, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The three-dimensional morphology of polyethylene single crystals grown from dilute solution has been examined by atomic force microscopy. Single crystals were deposited on a soft ground of aqueous solution of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) to avoid the collapse of thin lamellar crystals with thickness of 10 nm. The observation of single crystals on dried PVA clarifies the morphology of a chair type crystal as well as well-known hollow pyramidal type. It has been confirmed that the screw dislocations in the chair type follow a selection rule of the handedness in a manner to relieve the distortion in the chair type. |
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| Keywords: | Polyethylene Single crystal Chair type |
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