Chain unfolding in single crystals of ultralong alkane C390H782 and polyethylene: An atomic force microscopy study

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 5637-5649

  Magonov, Sergei N ^a   Yerina, Natalya A ^a   Ungar, Goran ^b   Reneker, Darrell H ^c   Ivanov, Dimitri A ^d  

^a Digital Instruments   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c The University of Akron   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MELTING; PARAFFINS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

POLYMER CRYSTALS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0042703164     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0301303     Document Type: Article

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