Melting of polymer single crystals studied by dynamic Monte Carlo simulations

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-202

  Ren, Y ^a   Ma, A ^a   Li, J ^a   Jiang, X ^a   Ma, Y ^a   Toda, A ^b   Hu, W ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL EDGES; CRYSTAL SHAPES; CRYSTAL THICKENING; CRYSTAL THICKNESS; DIFFERENT SPEED; DYNAMIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES; LAMELLAR CRYSTALS; LATTICE POLYMERS; LOW MELTING TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MELTING KINETICS; MELTING RATES; POLYMER SINGLE CRYSTALS; RECRYSTALLIZATIONS; REGIME TRANSITION; REVERSE PROCESS; SAW-TOOTH; SECONDARY CRYSTALS; SINGLE CHAINS; SOLID SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THICKNESS DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO STAGE; VISUAL INSPECTION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALLIZATION; METAL MELTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CRYSTAL SYMMETRY;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYMERS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650033035     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2010-10661-8     Document Type: Article

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