Vacancy mobility in polymer crystals

Authors
Zubova, EA Manevich, LI Balabaev, NK
Citation
Ea. Zubova et al., Vacancy mobility in polymer crystals, J EXP TH PH, 88(3), 1999, pp. 586-589
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
10637761 → ACNP
Volume
88
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
586 - 589
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7761(199903)88:3<586:VMIPC>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A molecular-dynamics model of the behavior of a vacancy in the chain of an equilibrium polymer crystal (the "collective atom'' approximation for polye thylene) is developed for the first time. It is shown that a defect of this type in a polymer crystal has a soliton mobility, as opposed to vacancies in crystals of low-molecular substances. (C) 1999 American Institute of Phy sics. [S1063-7761(99)02103-4].