Packing Selection of a Helical Semicrystalline Polymer in Solution and Melt-Grown Crystals

Correlation between packing and chain-folding structures of semicrystalloine polymers has not been clearly addressed in existing literature. We investigate kinetics effects on chain packing as well as chain-folding structure of a helical chiral polymer in solution- and melt-grown crystals. We will provide a novel concept of intramolecular and intermolecular packing to understand kinetics effects on packing selection in the melt and solution-grown crystals.