A Monte Carlo simulation of coarse-grained poly(silylenemethylene) and poly(dimethylsilylenemethylene) melts

Polymer

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3877-3883

  Chen, Donghai ^a   Mattice, Wayne L ^b  

^a MALONE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Pair correlation functions; Poly(dimethylsilylenemethylene); Poly(silylenemethylene)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; ISOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ROTATION;

COARSE-GRAINING; INDIVIDUAL CHAINS; MEAN SQUARE DIMENSIONS; SINGLE CHAIN;

POLYMERS;

CARBENOID; METHYL GROUP; POLY(DIMETHYLSILYLENEMETHYLENE); POLY(SILYLENEMETHYLENE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; DENSITY; FILM; ISOMER; MATERIAL STATE; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; ROTATION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

POLYMER SCIENCE;

EID: 2342606446     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.01.077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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