New explanation for chain folding in polymers

A note on single crystals in polymers: Evidence for a folded chain configuration

A. Keller · Philosophical magazine · 1957 · 986 citations

Single Crystals, Engineering, Folded Chain Configuration +16

Theory of formation of polymer crystals with folded chains in dilute solution

John I. Lauritzen, John Hoffman · Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry · 1960 · 814 citations · Full text

Regime III crystallization in melt-crystallized polymers: The variable cluster model of chain folding

John Hoffman · Polymer · 1983 · 611 citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Self-assembly +11

Role of reptation in the rate of crystallization of polyethylene fractions from the melt

John Hoffman · Polymer · 1982 · 246 citations

Materials Science, Engineering, Polyethylene Fractions +10

Nucleation-controlled growth on a one-dimensional growth of finite length

F. C. Frank · Journal of Crystal Growth · 1974 · 194 citations

Engineering, Nucleation-controlled Growth, Physics +6