Directional Entropy Bands for Surface Characterization of Polymer Crystallization.

Elyar Tourani, Brian J Edwards, Bamin Khomami

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Elyar TouraniMaterials Research and Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-5181-6835

Brian J EdwardsMaterials Research and Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2378-5627

Bamin KhomamiMaterials Research and Innovation Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0091-2312

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Abstract

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations provide atomistic insights into nucleation and crystallization in polymers, yet interpreting their complex spatiotemporal data remains a challenge. Existing order parameters face limitations, such as failing to account for directional alignment or lacking sufficient spatial resolution, preventing them from accurately capturing the anisotropic and heterogeneous characteristics of nucleation or the surface phenomena of polymer crystallization. We introduce a novel set of local order parameters-namely,

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directional entropy bandslocal order parametersmolecular dynamicsnucleationphase transitionspolymer crystallizationsurface detection

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PMID40942317

DOI10.3390/polym17172399

PMCPMC12431618

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