Recent advances in the modeling and simulation of metallocene catalysis, sequence distribution, chain conformations, and crystallization of polymers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2524-2541

  Madkour, Tarek M ^a   Azzam, Rasha A ^a   Mark, James E ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Chain conformation; Metallocene catalysis; Monte Carlo simulations; Poly (terephthalate co adipate); Poly(ethylene 1 olefin); Polymer crystallization; Polymer modeling; Polypropylene; Sequence distribution

Indexed keywords

CHAIN CONFORMATION; METALLOCENE CATALYSIS; MULTICHAIN SYSTEMS; POLY (TEREPHTHALATE-CO-ADIPATE); POLY(ETHYLENE-1-OLEFIN); POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYMER MODELING; SEQUENCE DISTRIBUTION; STEREOSTRUCTURES; THERMAL TRANSITIONS;

CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONS; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OLEFINS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYPROPYLENES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33749258407     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.20906     Document Type: Review

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