Simulation of the effects of chain architecture on the sorption of ethylene in polyethylene

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 11304-11315

  Banaszak, Brian J ^a   Faller, Roland ^a,b   De Pablo, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN ARCHITECTURE; CHAIN LENGTH; GIBBS ENSEMBLE; MOLAR VOLUMES;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; EXTRAPOLATION; MIXTURES; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POLYMERIZATION; POLYOLEFINS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; SORPTION;

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE;

ADSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHYLENES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 3042600439     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1751178     Document Type: Article

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