Molecular dynamics study of the persistence lengths of a new class of polyimide fibers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 565-573

  Zhang, Renshi ^a   Mattice, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber; Persistence length; Polyimide

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ELECTROSTATICS; FIBERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

PERSISTENCE LENGTHS; POLYIMIDE FIBERS; TRANSFORMATION MATRIX METHOD; VIRTUAL BONDS;

POLYIMIDES;

EID: 0030083561     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0488(199602)34:3<565::AID-POLB15>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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