Transient and equilibrated single-molecule crystals of polyethylene: Molecular-dynamics studies of the lamellar fold length

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 364, Issue , 2006, Pages 183-189

  Larini, L ^a,b   Barbieri, A ^a,c   Leporini, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INFM CRS SOFT   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Folding process; Polymer crystals

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

FOLDING PROCESS; LAMELLAR FOLD LENGTH; POLYMER CRYSTALS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 33645149551     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.08.048     Document Type: Article

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