Chain-structure-superstructure relations in eutectoid copolymers

Abstract

It will be shown that low-density polyethylene is a eutectoid copolymer with non-random distribution of branchings along the chains. From a line-profile analysis it is deduced that the crystal-size-distribution is uniquely related with the distribution of branchings thus yielding that basic features of the colloid-structure are controlled by the chemical structure of the macromolecules.