Loop entanglement of semicrystalline polyethylene in amorphous region: Diamond lattice approach

Journal of Computational Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 348-353

  Duan, Zhong Hui ^a   Howard, Louis N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Diamond lattice; Loop entanglement; Random walks; Semicrystalline polyethylene

Indexed keywords

EID: 5344220338     PISSN: 01928651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-987X(199902)20:3<348::AID-JCC6>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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