Local dynamics of polyethylene and its oligomers: A molecular dynamics interpretation of the incoherent dynamic structure factor

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 8864-8875

  Arialdi, G ^a   Karatasos, K ^a,e   Ryckaert, J P ^a   Arrighi, V ^b   Saggio, F ^b   Triolo, A ^c,d   Desmedt, A ^c,f   Pieper, J ^c   Lechner, R E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Dept Chem Eng ^*  (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OLIGOMERS; POLYETHYLENES; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

DYNAMICS RELAXATION; INCOHERENT DYNAMIC STRUCTURE FACTOR; KOHLRAUSCH-WILLIAMS-WATTS FUNCTION; STATISTICAL NOISE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0344235459     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0256789     Document Type: Article

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