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| author | Cao, Renkuan Peng, Fan Zhang, Yunhan Sun, Hao Liu, Ziwei Xu, Tingyu Li, Liangbin |
| author_facet | Cao, Renkuan Peng, Fan Zhang, Yunhan Sun, Hao Liu, Ziwei Xu, Tingyu Li, Liangbin |
| contents | Non-classical two-step nucleation including preordering and crystal nucleation has been widely proposed to challenge the one-step nucleation framework in diverse materials, while what drives preordering has not been explicitly resolved yet. With molecular dynamics simulation, we find that two-step nucleation occurs in polyethylene, during which preordering precedes through the coupling between intrachain conformation and interchain orientation orders. Unexpectedly, preordering is driven by entropy rather than enthalpy, during which the interchain translational entropy gain compensates for the intrachain conformation entropy loss. This entropy-driven mechanism resolves the longstanding puzzle why flexible polymers with high entropy penalty still show high nucleation rate and opens a new perspective for understanding nucleation of synthetic and bio-polymers with conformation and orientation orders. |
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| spellingShingle | Entropy-Driven Preordering Assists Nucleation in Polyethylene Cao, Renkuan Peng, Fan Zhang, Yunhan Sun, Hao Liu, Ziwei Xu, Tingyu Li, Liangbin Soft Condensed Matter Non-classical two-step nucleation including preordering and crystal nucleation has been widely proposed to challenge the one-step nucleation framework in diverse materials, while what drives preordering has not been explicitly resolved yet. With molecular dynamics simulation, we find that two-step nucleation occurs in polyethylene, during which preordering precedes through the coupling between intrachain conformation and interchain orientation orders. Unexpectedly, preordering is driven by entropy rather than enthalpy, during which the interchain translational entropy gain compensates for the intrachain conformation entropy loss. This entropy-driven mechanism resolves the longstanding puzzle why flexible polymers with high entropy penalty still show high nucleation rate and opens a new perspective for understanding nucleation of synthetic and bio-polymers with conformation and orientation orders. |
| title | Entropy-Driven Preordering Assists Nucleation in Polyethylene |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.13128 |