Influence of confinement on the vibrational density of states and the boson peak in a polymer glass

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 9371-9375

  Jain, Tushar S ^a   De Pablo, Juan J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSON PEAK FREQUENCY; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; POLYMER GLASS; POTENTIAL ENERGY LANDSCAPE (PEL);

CORRELATION METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; PLASTIC FILMS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THIN FILMS; VECTORS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 2942532486     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1689952     Document Type: Article

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