Molecular dynamics simulation of structure, thermodynamic, and dynamic properties of poly(dimethylsilamethylene), poly(dimethylsilatrimethylene) and their alternating copolymer

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 32, 2006, Pages 16047-16058

  Makrodimitri, Zoi A ^a   Raptis, Vasilios E ^a,b   Economou, Ioannis G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICON;

ATOMISTIC FORCE FIELDS; HOMOPOLYMERS; INTRAMOLECULAR FORCE FIELD; INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 33748548685     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp061841g     Document Type: Article

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