Molecular Dynamics Studies of Amorphous Poly(Tetrafluoroethylene)

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 325-342

  Okada, Okimasa ^a   Oka, Kozo ^a   Kuwajima, Satoru ^b   Tanabe, Kazutoshi ^c  

^a XEROX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Nano Simulation Associates   (Japan)

^c NATL INST OF MAT AND CHEM RES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous structure; Force field; Molecular dynamics; Poly(tetrafluoroethylene); Structure factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000941264     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927029908022072     Document Type: Article

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