Continuum theory of polymer crystallization

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Kundagrami, Arindam ^a   Muthukumar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEATION CONTROL; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEATION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 34247179107     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2713380     Document Type: Article

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