Polymer - Clay nanocomposites: A multiscale molecular modeling approach

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2143-2151

  Scocchi, Giulio ^a,b   Posocco, Paola ^a   Fermeglia, Maurizio ^a   Pricl, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NYLON POLYMERS;

DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS (DPD); MESOSCOPIC MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (MD) SIMULATIONS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 33947383627     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp067649w     Document Type: Article

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