Atomistic Monte Carlo simulation of strictly monodisperse long polyethylene melts through a generalized chain bridging algorithm

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5465-5479

  Karayiannis, Nikos Ch ^a   Giannousaki, Ageliki E ^a   Mavrantzas, Vlasis G ^b   Theodorou, Doros N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; DISPERSIONS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMODYNAMICS;

MONODISPERSITY;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0037106304     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1499480     Document Type: Article

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