Detection of the onset of demixing in simulations of polypropylene melts in which the chains differ only in stereochemical composition

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4327-4333

  Haliloglu, Türkan ^a,b   Mattice, Wayne L ^c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF TURKEY   (Turkey)

^c University of Akron   (United States)

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EID: 0001325398     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479731     Document Type: Article

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