Collapsed chains as models for filler particles in a polymer melt

Polymer

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6154-6162

  Lin, Heng ^a   Erguney, Fatih ^a   Mattice, Wayne L ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Composites; Filled polymers; Filler particles

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENTROPY; POLYMERS;

COARSE-GRAINED CHAINS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; LENNARD-JONES POTENTIAL; POLYMER MELTS;

FILLERS;

POLYMER;

EID: 21744461727     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2005.04.103     Document Type: Article

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