Probing subglass relaxation in polymers via a geometric representation of probabilities, observables, and relaxation modes for discrete stochastic systems

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Boulougouris, Georgios C ^a   Theodorou, Doros N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; POLYSTYRENES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ATACTIC POLYSTYRENES; CONFIGURATION SPACES; DISCRETE STATE; DISCRETE STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; EIGENVECTORS; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; EUCLIDEAN SPACES; GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATIONS; LONG-TIME DYNAMICS; LOW ENERGY REGIONS; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; NON EQUILIBRIUMS; PHENYL GROUPS; RELAXATION MODES; SEGMENTAL RELAXATIONS; SIMPLE EXPRESSIONS; STATE PROBABILITIES; SUBGLASS RELAXATIONS; TIME CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; TIME EVOLUTION OPERATORS;

SPACE PROBES;

9 ALPHA,11 ALPHA,15 ALPHA TRIHYDROXY 16 PHENOXY 17,18,19,20 TETRANORPROSTA 4,5,13 TRIENOIC ACID; 9 ALPHA,11 ALPHA,15 ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-16-PHENOXY-17,18,19,20-TETRANORPROSTA-4,5,13-TRIENOIC ACID; POLYMER; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

HOT TEMPERATURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY; PROSTAGLANDINS, SYNTHETIC; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 59349106251     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3063118     Document Type: Article

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