The structure of random packings of freely jointed chains of tangent hard spheres

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Karayiannis, Nikos Ch ^a   Foteinopoulou, Katerina ^a   Laso, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN ASSEMBLIES; CHAIN CONFORMATIONS; DENSITY RANGES; FREELY JOINTED CHAINS; GLOBAL BEHAVIORS; HARD SPHERES; LATTICE MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; LOCAL STRUCTURES; MAXIMALLY RANDOM JAMMED STATE; PACKING DENSITIES; RANDOM PACKINGS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PACKING; POLYDISPERSITY;

SPHERES;

EID: 65149096746     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3117903     Document Type: Article

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