Atomistic simulation of the birefringence of uniaxially stretched polyethylene melts

Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Mavrantzas, V G ^b   Theodorou, D N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atomistic simulation; Birefringence; Polyethylene melts

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLTEN MATERIALS; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TENSORS;

ATOMISTIC SIMULATION; POLYETHYLENE MELTS; STRESS OPTICAL LAW;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

POLYMER MELT;

EID: 0034126349     PISSN: 10893156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1089-3156(99)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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