Strain softening and hardening of amorphous polymers: Atomistic simulation of bulk mechanics and local dynamics

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 618-624

  Lyulin, A V ^a   Vorselaars, B ^a   Mazo, M A ^b   Balabaev, N K ^c   Michels, M A J ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 23944518896     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10133-0     Document Type: Article

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