Structural relaxation dynamics of ortho-terphenyl

Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-122

  Roland, C M ^a   Ngai, K L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling model; Density fluctuations; Mode coupling theory; Molecular dynamics simulation; Ortho terphenyl; Phonons; Relaxation; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644432036     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009773404977     Document Type: Article

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