End-bridging Monte Carlo simulation of bulk and grafted amorphous polyethylene above and below the glass transition

Macromolecules

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 987-996

  Alexiadis, Orestis ^a   Mavrantzas, Vlasis G ^a   Khare, Rajesh ^b   Beckers, Job ^c   Baijon, Ariette R C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASES; END-BRIDGING MONTE CARLO (EBMC); GRAFTED AMORPHOUS POLYETHYLENES; INTERNAL STRUCTURAL FEATURES;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; GLASS TRANSITION; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; PHASE INTERFACES;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 39749190163     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma071173c     Document Type: Article

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