Elastic properties of poly (hydroxybutyrate) molecules

Macromolecular Bioscience

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 601-609

  Špitalský, Zdenko ^a   Bleha, Tomáš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Chain modulus; Conformational analysis; Molecular mechanics; Semi crystalline polymers; Tie molecules

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MOLECULAR MECHANICS (MM); POLY (HYDROXYBUTYRATE) (PHB); X-RAY FIBER DIFFRACTION TECHNIQUES;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; FORCE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ELASTICITY; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYESTERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 4544282316     PISSN: 16165187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.200300118     Document Type: Article

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