Growing range of correlated motion in a polymer melt on cooling towards the glass transition

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6733, 1999, Pages 246-249

  Bennemann, Christoph ^a,c   Donati, Claudio ^a,b   Baschnagelt, Jörg ^c   Glotzer, Sharon C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; GLASS TRANSITION;

POLYMER MELTS;

POLYMERS;

GLASS; MONOMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORY;

EID: 0033587051     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/20406     Document Type: Article

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