Analytic calculation of nucleation rates from a kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of flow induced crystallization in polymers

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 165, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 1294-1301

  Hamer, Matthew J ^a   Wattis, Jonathan A D ^a   Graham, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow induced crystallization; Kinetic Monte Carlo; Polymer nucleation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC CALCULATIONS; BIMODAL BLENDS; COMBINATORIAL TECHNIQUES; FLOW-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION; INDUSTRIAL POLYMERS; KINETIC MONTE CARLO; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUCLEATION ENERGY; NUCLEATION RATE; POLYDISPERSE SYSTEMS; POLYMER CHAINS; SIMPLE EXPRESSION; SIMULATION DATA;

CRYSTALLIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER MELTS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 79955693928     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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