Numerical calculation of the melting phase diagram of low molecular-weight polyethylene

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 9433-9440

  Das, Chinmay ^a   Frenkel, Daan ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRATION; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

GIBBS DUHEM INTEGRATION; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; THERMODYNAMIC INTEGRATION;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0037603160     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1568934     Document Type: Article

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