{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["56(1)"],"submitter":["Yang SG"],"pubmed_abstract":["Two-photon confocal laser microscopy was used to obtain three-dimensional (3D) images of the morphology of poly(lactic acid) after shear-induced crystallization. The necessary fluorescence contrast was achieved by doping the polymer with Nile Red. The dye gets partially rejected from the growing crystalline aggregates during their formation, thus creating a renderable high-low fluorescence boundary outlining the shape of the aggregates. Parallel-plate melt-shearing and pulling a glass fiber through the melt were used as the two methods to achieve shear-induced crystallization. This study focuses on the shape of the resulting cylindrites, i.e., large-diameter shish-kebabs. The first 3D images of polymer cylindrites show that, if far from boundaries, they are circular cylinders, highly regul"],"journal":["Macromolecules"],"pagination":["198-206"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9835984"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Morphology of Shear-Induced Polymer Cylindrites Revealed by 3D Optical Imaging."],"pmcid":["PMC9835984"],"pubmed_authors":["Zeng XB","Cui J","Ungar G","Zhang LQ","Guo B","Yang SG","Liu F"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Morphology of Shear-Induced Polymer Cylindrites Revealed by 3D Optical Imaging.","description":"Two-photon confocal laser microscopy was used to obtain three-dimensional (3D) images of the morphology of poly(lactic acid) after shear-induced crystallization. The necessary fluorescence contrast was achieved by doping the polymer with Nile Red. The dye gets partially rejected from the growing crystalline aggregates during their formation, thus creating a renderable high-low fluorescence boundary outlining the shape of the aggregates. Parallel-plate melt-shearing and pulling a glass fiber through the melt were used as the two methods to achieve shear-induced crystallization. This study focuses on the shape of the resulting cylindrites, i.e., large-diameter shish-kebabs. The first 3D images of polymer cylindrites show that, if far from boundaries, they are circular cylinders, highly regul","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jan","modification":"2025-04-04T08:25:17.756Z","creation":"2025-04-04T08:25:17.756Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9835984","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36644554"],"doi":["10.1021/acs.macromol.2c01433"]}}