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Phase transitions in polymers : the role of metastable states /

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A classical metastable state possesses a local free energy minimum at infinite sizes, but not a global one. This concept is phase size independent. We have studied a number of experimental results and proposed a new concept that there exists a wide range of metastable states in polymers on different...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheng, Stephen Z. D., 1949-
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Polymers.
Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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