Origin of the distribution of potential barriers for methyl group dynamics in glassy polymers: a molecular dynamics simulation in polyisoprene

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 8077-8084

  Alvarez, F ^a   Alegria A ^a   Colmenero, J ^a   Nicholson, T M ^b   Davies, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATOMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; METHANOL; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYISOPRENES; POLYMERIC GLASS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

INELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING; METHYL GROUP DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYMER CONSORTIUM FORCE FIELD; SINGLE PARTICLE METHYL GROUP POTENTIAL; THREEFOLD APPROXIMATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034298197     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9919256     Document Type: Article

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