Molecular dynamics simulations on crystallization of polyethylene copolymer with precisely controlled branching

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 7393-7400

  Zhang, Xiu Bin ^a,b   Li, Ze Sheng ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Sun, Chia Chung ^a  

^a JUIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMONOMERS; ENERGY BARRIERS; MELTING TEMPERATURES; POLYMER CHAINS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MELTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 4744368179     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma030010v     Document Type: Article

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