Order-disorder transitions and melting in a helical polymer crystal: Molecular dynamics calculations of model poly(ethylene oxide)

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 385, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 351-356

  Krishnan, M ^a   Balasubramanian, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; MACROGOL; OXYGEN; POLYMER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRESSURE; SOLID STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1242338853     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2003.12.116     Document Type: Article

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