Crystal nucleation of polymers at high supercooling of the melt

Advances in Polymer Science

Volumn 276, Issue , 2017, Pages 257-288

  Androsch, René ^a   Schick, Christoph ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystal morphology; Homogenous crystal nucleation; Nucleation density; Nucleation rate Tammann s nuclei development method

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007044546     PISSN: 00653195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/12_2015_325     Document Type: Article

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