Dynamics of polymer melts confined by smooth walls: Crossover from nonentangled region to entangled region

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Li, Yijie ^b   Wei, Dongshan ^b   Han, Charles C ^b   Liao, Qi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILM THICKNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMER FILMS; RELAXATION TIME;

NONENTANGLED REGION; POLYMER CHAINS; SCALING MODELS; SMOOTH WALLS;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 34249889974     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2737044     Document Type: Article

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