Comparison of explicit atom, united atom, and coarse-grained simulations of poly(methyl methacrylate)

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Chunxia ^a   Depa, Praveen ^a   Maranas, Janna K ^a   Garcia Sakai, Victoria ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COARSENING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ATOM SIMULATION; COARSE-GRAINED FORCE FIELD;

POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NEUTRON; RADIATION SCATTERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEUTRONS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 41549096823     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2833545     Document Type: Article

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