MD simulation of concentrated polymer solutions: Structural relaxation near the glass transition

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Peter, S ^a   Meyer, H ^a   Baschnagel, J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED MODELS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURES; DOUBLE-PEAK STRUCTURES; DYNAMIC CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITIES; GAUSSIAN PARAMETERS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; INTERMEDIATE SCATTERING FUNCTIONS; LENGTH-SCALE; MD SIMULATIONS; MEAN-SQUARE DISPLACEMENTS; MODE-COUPLING THEORIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; POLYMER-SOLVENT MIXTURES; POWER LAWS; PURE POLYMERS; Q VALUES; RELAXATION TIME; SIMILAR DISTANCES; SINGLE PARTICLES; SOLVENT CONCENTRATIONS; SOLVENT PARTICLES; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPRING CHAINS; STATIC STRUCTURE FACTORS; TIME WINDOWS; TIME-TEMPERATURE SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLES;

ALGEBRA; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; DYNAMICS; GLASS; MIXTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 60049099144     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2008-10372-9     Document Type: Article

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