Modeling of the crystallization of isotactic polypropylene chains

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2757-2764

  Madkour, Tarek M ^a,b   Mark, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Helwan University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Degrees of crystallinity; Isotacticity; Mechanical properties; Melting points; Moduli; Monte Carlo simulations; Polypropylene; Sequence distributions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ISOTACTICITY; MELTING POINT; SEQUENCE DISTRIBUTION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0031272513     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(19971130)35:16<2757::AID-POLB16>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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