Dynamics of polyethylene melts studied by Monte Carlo simulations on a high coordination lattice

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2556-2571

  Heng, Lin ^a   Mattice, Wayne L ^a   Von Meerwall, Ernst D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Monte Carlo; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

FINITE CHAIN LENGTH; HIGH COORDINATION LATTICE; MEAN SQUARE DISPLACEMENTS; NON-GAUSSIAN STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 33749262499     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.20911     Document Type: Article

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