Computer simulations of hyperbranched polymers: The influence of the Wiener index on the intrinsic viscosity and radius of gyration

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 7802-7812

  Sheridan, Peter F ^a   Adolf, David B ^a   Lyulin, Alexey V ^b   Neelov, Igor ^a   Davies, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; VISCOSITY;

DEGREES OF POLYMERIZATION; HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; MOLECULAR SHAPE; RADIUS OF GYRATION; WIENER INDEX;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 0037159433     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1507774     Document Type: Article

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