Evaluation of the Persistence Length of the Rigid-Rod Polymers Poly(benzobisoxazole) and Poly(benzobisthiazole) Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Macromolecules

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 1992, Pages 4937-4941

  Zhang, Renshi ^a   Mattice, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYBENZOBISOXAZOLE; POLYBENZOBISTHIAZOLE; ROTATIONAL ISOMERIC STATE THEORY; VIRTUAL BONDS;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0026924274     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma00045a019     Document Type: Article

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