End-bridging Monte Carlo: a fast algorithm for atomistic simulation of condensed phases of long polymer chains

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 5072-5096

  Mavrantzas, Vlasis G ^a,b   Boone, Travis D ^c   Zervopoulou, Evangelia ^a   Theodorou, Doros N ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^c Soane Technologies Inc   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; STIFFNESS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CHAIN LENGTH DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; CONFORMATIONAL PROPERTIES; END BRIDGING; POLYDISPERSITY INDEX; POLYMER CHAINS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0033154085     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981745g     Document Type: Article

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