Polymer, Vol.35, No.14, 2937-2943, 1994
A Generalized Eden Model of Polymer Crystallization
A generalization of the Eden model is proposed as a model of polymer crystallization. The model exhibits all three growth regimes. It produces the Seto-Frank model in one limit and demonstrates departures from the Seto-Frank model induced by discreteness of the crystal. It is able to predict curved growth fronts; in fact it predicts that circular crystals are to be expected in regime III.
Keywords:POLYETHYLENE SINGLE-CRYSTALS;DIFFUSION-LIMITED AGGREGATION;ONE-DIMENSIONAL GROWTH;HIGH-TEMPERATURES;SCALING PROPERTIES;NUCLEATION THEORY;COMPUTER-SIMULATION;FRANK EQUATIONS;NOISE-REDUCTION;CURVED EDGES