Submicrometer Scroll/Tubular Lamellar Crystals of Nylon 6,6

✍ Scribed by W. Cai; C. Y. Li; L. Li; B. Lotz; M. Keating; D. Marks

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 253 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0935-9648
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.200305634

✦ Synopsis

Nylon 6,6 single‐crystal scrolls and tubes (see Figure) have been created through self‐seeding solution crystallization. The tube diameter is ∼ 350 nm with a ∼ 10 nm thin wall. The tubular/scroll single crystal form is presumably due to the asymmetric folding of Nylon 6,6, which can be turned on and off by controlling the self‐seeding temperature.