Density matrix renormalization group studies of the effect of constraint release on the viscosity of polymer melts

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Paeßens, Matthias ^a   Schütz, Gunter M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MELTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY;

CONSTANT RELEASE (CR); DENSITY MATRIX RENORMALIZATION GROUP; POLYMER MELTS; REPTONS;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 41349111687     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.021806     Document Type: Article

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