Transition-state analysis for fracture nucleation in polymers: The Lennard-Jones chain

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 10576-10582

  Oliveira, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

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EID: 0001722880     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.10576     Document Type: Article

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