Single chain elasticity and thermoelasticity of polyethylene

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 9028-9036

  Titantah, John T ^a,b   Pierleoni, Carlo ^a   Ryckaert, Jean Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; FREE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLVENTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

ATOMISTIC MODELS; INTERMOLECULAR POTENTIALS; SINGLE CHAIN ELASTICITY; SOLVENT EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT PARAMETER; THERMOELASTICITY MEASUREMENT;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0037113162     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1514974     Document Type: Article

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