Molecular dynamics simulation of polyethylene on single wall carbon nanotube

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Yang, Hua ^a   Chen, Yong ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   Cai, Wen Sheng ^a   Li, Ze Sheng ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODELING; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYETHYLENE CHAINS;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 34548505461     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2768060     Document Type: Article

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