Transport behavior of oxygen and nitrogen through organasilicon-containing polystyrenes by molecular simulation

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 35, 2006, Pages 17375-17382

  Liu, Qing Lin ^a   Huang, Yu ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONDENSED-PHASE OPTIMIZED MOLECULAR POTENTIALS FOR ATOMISTIC SIMULATION STUDIES (COMPASS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (MD) SIMULATIONS; POLYMER MATRIX; SOLUBILITY COEFFICIENTS;

OXYGEN;

EID: 33748760320     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp063174x     Document Type: Article

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