Temperature-induced crystallization in concentrated suspensions of multiarm star polymers: A molecular dynamics study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Rissanou, Anastassia N ^a   Yiannourakou, Marianna ^a   Economou, Ioannis G ^a   Bitsanis, Ioannis A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY WELLS; FACE-CENTERED-CUBIC (FCC) CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

CRYSTALLIZATION;

EID: 31544476593     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2148964     Document Type: Article

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