Local polymer dynamics under strong connectivity constraints: The dendrimer case

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Karatasos, K ^a   Lyulin, A V ^b,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; TOPOLOGY;

CONNECTIVITY CONSTRAINTS; GEOMETRIC CONSTRAINTS; LINEAR POLYMERS; MOLECULAR SIZE;

DENDRIMERS;

EID: 33750968234     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2386155     Document Type: Article

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