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The thickening process of polyethylene single crystals was simulated with computer by the Monte Carlo method. According to the experimental results in the previous report, the time dependence of the long period changed greatly with annealing temperature; at lower temperatures the long period increased gradually, while at high temperatures the long period rapidly increased at a very early stage of annealing and then increased gradually after passing through a plateau. Through computer simulation, it was shown that such a great change in the time dependence of the long period with annealing temperature can be explained by combining two mechanisms: (A) sliding diffusion of molecular segments along the chain axis and (B) local melt-recrystallization (namely, local melting followed by recystallization).
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Ichida, T., Tsuji, M., Murakami, S. et al. Thickening process of polyethylene single crystals at an early stage of annealing. Colloid & Polymer Sci 263, 293–300 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01412244
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