A steered molecular dynamics study on the elastic behaviour of knotted polymer chains

Chinese Physics B

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1480-1489

  Shen, Yu ^a   Zhang, Lin Xi ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Knotted polymer chain; Steered molecular dynamics; United atom (UA) model

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TENSILE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

KNOTTED POLYMER CHAIN; STEERED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; UNITED ATOM (UA) MODELS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 42449090207     PISSN: 16741056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/17/4/056     Document Type: Article

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