Flow-induced crystallization: Unravelling the effects of shear rate and strain

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 8136-8142

  Jabbarzadeh, Ahmad ^a   Tanner, Roger I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL STRAINS; CRYSTALLINITIES; CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION RATES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SHEAR RATES; STRUCTURAL ORIGIN; UPPER LIMITS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 77957765892     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma100985x     Document Type: Article

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