Growth pathway and precursor states in single lamellar crystallization: MD simulations

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1523-1529

  Luo, Chuanfu ^a   Sommer, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSE MELT; DIRECT OBSERVATION; GROWTH FRONT; MD SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; PRECURSOR STATE; REFOLDING; SELF SEEDING; SINGLE POLYMERS; STEM LENGTH; TWO STAGE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT;

EID: 79952750495     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma102380m     Document Type: Article

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