Kinetic of crystallization from the melt and chain folding in polyethylene fractions revisited: theory and experiment

JD Hoffman, RL Miller - Polymer, 1997 - Elsevier
The rate of growth of chain-folded lamellar crystals from the subcooled melt of polyethylene
fractions is treated in terms of surface nucleation theory with the objective of illuminating the …

A review on polymer crystallization theories

MC Zhang, BH Guo, J Xu - Crystals, 2016 - mdpi.com
It is the aim of this article to review the major theories of polymer crystallization since up to
now we still have not completely comprehended the underlying mechanism in a unified …

[图书][B] Introduction to physical polymer science

LH Sperling - 2015 - books.google.com
An Updated Edition of the Classic Text Polymers constitute the basis for the plastics, rubber,
adhesives, fiber, and coating industries. The Fourth Edition of Introduction to Physical …

Langevin dynamics simulations of early-stage polymer nucleation and crystallization

C Liu, M Muthukumar - The Journal of chemical physics, 1998 - pubs.aip.org
United-atom Langevin dynamics simulations have been performed in an effort to understand
early-stage polymer crystallization at the microscopic level. We have modeled the …

Structure and physical properties of syndiotactic polypropylene: A highly crystalline thermoplastic elastomer

C De Rosa, F Auriemma - Progress in polymer science, 2006 - Elsevier
After the discovery of single center metallocene catalysts in the 1980s highly stereoregular
syndiotactic polypropylene showing high crystallinity and melting temperature has been …

Hierarchical structure in polymeric materials

E Baer, A Hiltner, HD Keith - Science, 1987 - science.org
The diversity of monomers available for synthesis of high polymers makes it possible to
prepare a wide variety of long-chain macromolecular compounds. It is instructive to consider …

Test of the reptation concept: crystal growth rate as a function of molecular weight in polyethylene crystallized from the melt

JD Hoffman, RL Miller - Macromolecules, 1988 - ACS Publications
Theconcept of reptation in high polymer melts is tested for the case of crystallization, where
a strong force resulting from the free energy difference between the subcooled liquid and the …

Kinetics of Chain Organization in Ultrathin Poly(di-n-hexylsilane) Films

MM Despotopoulou, CW Frank, RD Miller… - …, 1996 - ACS Publications
The effect of film thickness on the organization kinetics of ultrathin (50− 1000 Å thick) spin-
cast polymer films was studied using poly (di-n-hexylsilane) and UV absorption …

Dynamics of entangled polymer liquids: Do linear chains reptate?

TP Lodge, NA Rotstein, S Prager - Advances in chemical …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Dynamics of entangled polymer liquids: Do linear chains reptate? Page 9 DYNAMICS OF
ENTANGLED POLYMER LIQUIDS DO LINEAR CHAINS REPTATE? TP LODGE, NA …

Physical and mechanical properties of polyethylene for pipes in relation to molecular architecture. I. Microstructure and crystallisation kinetics

L Hubert, L David, R Seguela, G Vigier, C Degoulet… - Polymer, 2001 - Elsevier
Ethylene/α-olefin copolymers having bimodal molar weight distribution are investigated in
comparison with unimodal copolymers in order to understand the incidence of the molecular …