First-principles molecular dynamics study of the rupture processes of a bulklike polyethylene knot

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 105, Issue 28, 2001, Pages 6495-6499

  Saitta, A Marco ^a   Klein, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE KNOTS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CRYSTALLIZATION; POLYETHYLENES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035913531     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp004243p     Document Type: Article

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