A molecular dynamics simulation study of the α-relaxation in a 1,4-polybutadiene melt as probed by the coherent dynamic structure factor

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4961-4967

  Smith, Grant D ^a   Bedrov, Dmitry ^b   Paul, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT STRUCTURE FACTOR; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRON SPIN ECHO (NSE); POLYMER MELTS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PROBES; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRETCHING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

POLYBUTADIENES;

EID: 4544387434     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1781114     Document Type: Article

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