Polymer crystal-melt interfaces and nucleation in polyethylene

Soft Matter

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2909-2917

  Milner, Scott T ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS REGIONS; BULK FREE ENERGY; CRITICAL NUCLEI; CRYSTAL NUCLEI; CRYSTAL-MELT INTERFACE; CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS; INTERFACIAL FREE ENERGY; KINETIC BARRIER; NANO SCALE; NEW APPROACHES; NUCLEATION BARRIER; PHASE NUCLEATION; POLYMER CRYSTALS; PRESSURE FIELD; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

CRYSTALS; FREE ENERGY; NUCLEATION; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYETHYLENES; ROTATION; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79952395237     PISSN: 1744683X     EISSN: 17446848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0sm00070a     Document Type: Article

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