Emerging Topics in Polymer Crystallization

Dear Colleagues,

Polymer crystallization is an incredible ordering process, during which the polymer’s flexible long-chain molecules can be transformed from random coils into orderly and diverse crystal structures within a short time. Research on polymer crystallization has been ongoing for more than the last 50 years, and many great scientists have put forward theories to describe the complex phenomena. However, the mechanism of polymer crystallization, especially the ordering behavior of molecules at the early stage of crystallization, remains an unsolved mystery. In the article ‘Celebrating 50 Years of Macromolecules’, the theory of polymer crystallization was ranked No. 1 on the list of top 10 current challenges in the field of macromolecules. The mysterious phenomenon and the challenging theory of polymer crystallization are still the subjects of extensive on-going research. This Special Issue aims to focus on the latest developments and emerging topics in the field of polymer crystallization. Papers focused on new developments in classical theories, new phenomena that can help understand crystallization principles, novel applications of polymer crystallization in emerging fields, new experimental and characterization methods for polymer crystallization, novel methods for regulating functionalized crystalline polymers, and crystal structures and crystal growth kinetics of new materials are welcome to be submitted.

Dr. Lei Zhang
Guest Editor

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