Structure, dimensions, and entanglement statistics of long linear polyethylene chains

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 442-455

  Foteinopoulou, Katerina ^a   Karayiannis, Nikos Ch ^a   Laso, Manuel ^a   Kröger, Martin ^b  

^a Polytechnic University of Madrid   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYDISPERSITY; THERMOPLASTICS;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; ATOMIC PACKINGS; AVERAGE MOLECULAR; CHARACTERISTIC RATIOS; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CONSTANT PRESSURES; CONTOUR LENGTHS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS; LINEAR POLYETHYLENES; MOLECULAR LENGTHS; NEGATIVE BINOMIALS; PLATEAU MODULUS; POLYDISPERSE; POLYDISPERSE SAMPLES; PRIMITIVE PATHS;

THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 61949087395     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp808287s     Document Type: Article

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