Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4120–4123 (2000)Polymer Crystallization in 25-nm SpheresReceived 27 October 1999; published in the issue dated 1 May 2000 Crystallization within the discrete spheres of a block copolymer mesophase was studied by time-resolved x-ray scattering. The cubic packing of microdomains, established by self-assembly in the melt, is preserved throughout crystallization by strong interblock segregation even though the amorphous matrix block is well above its glass transition temperature. Homogeneous nucleation within each sphere yields isothermal crystallizations which follow first-order kinetics, contrasting with the sigmoidal kinetics normally exhibited in the quiescent crystallization of bulk polymers. © 2000 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4120
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.4120
PACS:
61.41.+e, 61.10.Eq, 81.10.Aj
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