A modified gambler's ruin model of polyethylene chains in the amorphous region

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 10007-10011

  Duan, Zhong Hui ^a   Howard, Louis N ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

difference equations; random walk; semicrystalline polymers

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0029789816     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.19.10007     Document Type: Article

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