The influence of the liquid-to-solid transitions on the changes of macromolecules from disorder to order

Thermochimica Acta

Volumn 522, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 2-13

  Wunderlich, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Glass transition; Heat capacity; Macrophase; Microphase; Molecular motion; Nanophase; Phase size; Phase structure; Self nucleation; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MACROMOLECULES; MELTING; METASTABLE PHASES; NUCLEATION; PHASE STRUCTURE; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMICS;

MACROPHASE; MICRO-PHASE; MOLECULAR MOTIONS; NANO-PHASE; PHASE SIZE;

ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS;

EID: 79960962424     PISSN: 00406031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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