Strain-dependent localization, microscopic deformations, and macroscopic normal tensions in model polymer networks

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 25, 2004, Pages

  Svaneborg, Carsten ^a,b   Grest, Gary S ^c   Everaers, Ralf ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARTESIAN COMPONENTS; MACROSCOPIC NORMAL TENSION; MICROSCOPIC DEFORMATION; POLYMER NETWORKS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN; TENSORS; VULCANIZATION;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE TENSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 42749107058     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.257801     Document Type: Article

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