Chapter 10 Stochastic Models for Polymerization Reactions Under Nonequilibrium Conditions

Annual Reports in Computational Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 173-199

  Qin, Yanping ^a   Popov, Alexander V ^a   Hernandez, Rigoberto ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse graining; Diffusion; Langevin; Molecular dynamics; Polymerization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849420071     PISSN: 15741400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-1400(08)00010-8     Document Type: Chapter

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