Molecular dynamics study of slip at the interface between immiscible polymers

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2 I, 2001, Pages 0218011-0218017

  Barsky, Sandra ^a   Robbins, Mark O ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; VISCOSITY;

IMMISCIBLE POLYMERS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 4043108062     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: : 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.021801     Document Type: Article

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