Crystallization of Polyethylene at Large Undercooling

ACS Macro Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 365-370

  Zhuravlev, Evgeny ^a   Madhavi, Vadlamudi ^b   Lustiger, Arnold ^b   Androsch, René ^c   Schick, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 84961784400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21611653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00889     Document Type: Article

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