Entropically induced euler buckling instabilities in polymer crystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 952-955

  Mc Gann, Mark R ^a   Lacks, Daniel J ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; HEATING; MELTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ENTROPIC EFFECT; EULER BUCKLING INSTABILITIES; MELTING TEMPERATURE; POLYMER CRYSTALS; TRANSVERSE ACOUSTIC MODE;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0033072684     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.952     Document Type: Article

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