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growth time τ crys . Almost the same correlation is observed. The coupling coefficient
is quantified as the slope of the linear dependence of log(τ α ) or log(η) with log(τ crys ).
The linear fits in Fig. 24 yielded coupling coefficients with values of 0.75 and 0.74 for
τ α and viscosity, respectively, revealing a strong connection between the structural
relaxation time (viscosity) and the kinetics of crystal growth. It is demonstrated that
supercooled glycerol can transform into the crystalline state via nucleation and crystal
growth without significant modifications of the structural dynamics in the remaining
liquid phase during the whole process. Moreover, this work shows evidence of the
relation between different dynamic properties of the bulk liquid (relaxation time,
viscosity and diffusion) and the kinetics of crystal growth [51]. The results shown
in this section indicate that molecular mobility, although not solely, is the principal
factor governing the crystal growth in supercooled glycerol near T g .
4 Isothermal Crystallization of Glycerol
Acknowledgements I am extremely grateful to all colleagues without whom this contribution
would not have been possible: Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Aurora Nogales, Mónica Jiménez-Ruiz, Inés
Puente-Orench, Kristine Niss and Tina Hecksher. I also acknowledge the Institut Laue-Langevin
(Grenoble, France) for beam time and technical support.
References
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2. Descamps M, Dudognon E (2014) J Pharm Sci 103(9):2615–2628
3. Jones RAL (2002) Soft condensed matter. OUP, Oxford
4. Cabrillo C, Bermejo FJ, Jiménez-Ruiz M, Fernández-Díaz MT, González MA, Martín y Marero
D (2001) Phys Rev B 64(6):064206
5. Adrjanowicz K, Koperwas K, Szklarz G, Tarnacka M, Paluch M (2016) Cryst Growth Des
16(12):7000–7010
6. Ediger MD, Harrowell P, Yu L (2008) J Chem Phys 128(3):034709
7. Koperwas K, Adrjanowicz K, Wojnarowska Z, Jedrzejowska A, Knapik J, Paluch M (2016)
Sci Rep 6:36934
8. Sanz A, Nogales A, Ezquerra TA (2010) Macromolecules 43(1):29–32
9. Adrjanowicz K, Grzybowski A, Grzybowska K, Pionteck J, Paluch M (2013) Cryst Growth
Des 13(11):4648–4654
10. Frenkel J (1932) Phisik Zeit Sowjetunion 1:498–510
11. Baus MJ (1987) Statistical mechanical theories of freezing: an overview
12. Turnbull D, Fisher JC (1949) J Chem Phys 17(1):71–73
13. Zanotto ED (1992) Braz J Phys 22(2):77–85
14. Guàrdia E, Martí J, Padró JA, Saiz L, Komolkin AV (2002) J Mol Liq 96–97:3–17
15. Sillrén P, Swenson J, Mattsson J, Bowron D, Matic A (2013) J Chem Phys 138(21):214501
16. Arunan E, Desiraju Gautam R, Klein Roger A, Sadlej J, Scheiner S, Alkorta I, Clary David C,
Crabtree Robert H, Dannenberg Joseph J, Hobza P, Kjaergaard Henrik G, Legon Anthony C,
Mennucci B, Nesbitt David J (2011) Pure Appl Chem 83:1637
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growth time τ crys . Almost the same correlation is observed. The coupling coefficient
is quantified as the slope of the linear dependence of log(τ α ) or log(η) with log(τ crys ).
The linear fits in Fig. 24 yielded coupling coefficients with values of 0.75 and 0.74 for
τ α and viscosity, respectively, revealing a strong connection between the structural
relaxation time (viscosity) and the kinetics of crystal growth. It is demonstrated that
supercooled glycerol can transform into the crystalline state via nucleation and crystal
growth without significant modifications of the structural dynamics in the remaining
liquid phase during the whole process. Moreover, this work shows evidence of the
relation between different dynamic properties of the bulk liquid (relaxation time,
viscosity and diffusion) and the kinetics of crystal growth [51]. The results shown
in this section indicate that molecular mobility, although not solely, is the principal
factor governing the crystal growth in supercooled glycerol near T g .
4 Isothermal Crystallization of Glycerol
Acknowledgements I am extremely grateful to all colleagues without whom this contribution
would not have been possible: Tiberio A. Ezquerra, Aurora Nogales, Mónica Jiménez-Ruiz, Inés
Puente-Orench, Kristine Niss and Tina Hecksher. I also acknowledge the Institut Laue-Langevin
(Grenoble, France) for beam time and technical support.
References
1. Debenedetti PG (2006) Nature 441(7090):168–169
2. Descamps M, Dudognon E (2014) J Pharm Sci 103(9):2615–2628
3. Jones RAL (2002) Soft condensed matter. OUP, Oxford
4. Cabrillo C, Bermejo FJ, Jiménez-Ruiz M, Fernández-Díaz MT, González MA, Martín y Marero
D (2001) Phys Rev B 64(6):064206
5. Adrjanowicz K, Koperwas K, Szklarz G, Tarnacka M, Paluch M (2016) Cryst Growth Des
16(12):7000–7010
6. Ediger MD, Harrowell P, Yu L (2008) J Chem Phys 128(3):034709
7. Koperwas K, Adrjanowicz K, Wojnarowska Z, Jedrzejowska A, Knapik J, Paluch M (2016)
Sci Rep 6:36934
8. Sanz A, Nogales A, Ezquerra TA (2010) Macromolecules 43(1):29–32
9. Adrjanowicz K, Grzybowski A, Grzybowska K, Pionteck J, Paluch M (2013) Cryst Growth
Des 13(11):4648–4654
10. Frenkel J (1932) Phisik Zeit Sowjetunion 1:498–510
11. Baus MJ (1987) Statistical mechanical theories of freezing: an overview
12. Turnbull D, Fisher JC (1949) J Chem Phys 17(1):71–73
13. Zanotto ED (1992) Braz J Phys 22(2):77–85
14. Guàrdia E, Martí J, Padró JA, Saiz L, Komolkin AV (2002) J Mol Liq 96–97:3–17
15. Sillrén P, Swenson J, Mattsson J, Bowron D, Matic A (2013) J Chem Phys 138(21):214501
16. Arunan E, Desiraju Gautam R, Klein Roger A, Sadlej J, Scheiner S, Alkorta I, Clary David C,
Crabtree Robert H, Dannenberg Joseph J, Hobza P, Kjaergaard Henrik G, Legon Anthony C,
Mennucci B, Nesbitt David J (2011) Pure Appl Chem 83:1637