Time scales and mechanisms of relaxation in the energy landscape of polymer glass under deformation: Direct atomistic modeling

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Lyulin, Alexey V ^a   Michels, M A J ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DEFORMATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; SURFACE RELAXATION;

ATOMISTIC MODELING; ENERGY-STRAIN DEVELOPMENTS; SEGMENTAL RELAXATION; THERMAL REJUVENATION;

POLYMERIC GLASS;

GLASS; POLYMER;

MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

GLASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYMERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34548221901     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.085504     Document Type: Article

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