A hybrid method for predicting the microstructure of polymers with complex architecture: Combination of single-chain simulation with density functional theory

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Cao, Dapeng ^a,b   Jiang, Tao ^a   Wu, Jianzhong ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN CONNECTIVITY; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; STARLIKE ARCHITECTURE; VAN DER WAALS ATTRACTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 34547649510     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2186323     Document Type: Article

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