Computer simulations of amorphous polymers: From quantum mechanical calculations to mesoscopic models

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 898, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 62-72

  Alemán, Carlos ^a   Karayiannis, Nikos Ch ^b   Curcó, David ^c   Foteinopoulou, Katerina ^b   Laso, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Polytechnic University of Madrid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amorphous polymers; Atomistic simulations; Coarse graining; Monte Carlo; Primitive path

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749108687     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2008.07.040     Document Type: Article

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