Energy calculations for isotactic polypropylene: A contribution to clarify the β crystalline structure

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 6926-6934

  Ferro, Dino R ^a   Meille, Stefano V ^b   Brückner, Sergio ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; CRYSTALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MECHANICS; TWINNING;

INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTION; INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTION; ISOENERGETIC ARRANGEMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; POLYMORPH; UP DOWN DISORDERING MODE;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0032491096     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9804592     Document Type: Article

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