A molecular dynamics study of the failure modes of a glassy polymer confined between rigid walls

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1071-1093

  Kulmi, Udit ^a   Basu, Sumit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE JOINTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SURFACE TENSION;

GLASSY POLYMER; INTERFACE STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL ADHESION; POLYMER CHAIN;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33746864121     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/14/6/013     Document Type: Article

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