Figure 1
Time-resolved SAXS patterns (43 frames for 30 s each) of isothermal crystallization of StOSt (intensity is plotted on a logarithmic scale) at 283 K quenched from the melt (328 K), followed by heating up to 295 K. Motifs of packing of the StOSt molecules: A, α2-phase; B, a variant of possible relocations of the StOSt molecules along the layer normal during the structural evolution of the α2-phase; C, mixed 2L and 3L packing; D, α1-phase (two-chain packing of the StOSt); E, γ-phase (three-chain packing of the StOSt). The arrows indicate the period of the layers. The boxed numbers indicate Miller indices of the lamellar peaks of the α2-, α1- and γ-phases of StOSt. The three diffuse broad peaks corresponding to the mixed 2L + 3L packing of the StOSt molecules (C) are numbered in the order of increasing q values. |