Factors inhibiting the alkyl-branch plasticization of polyoxymethylene

Macromolecular Symposia

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-78

  Martin, Ryan T ^a   Miller, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching; Hydrogen bonding; Molecular modeling; Polyoxymethylene; Renewable resources

Indexed keywords

ACETAL RESINS; CHAINS; COMPUTATION THEORY; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; MOLECULAR MODELING;

1 ,3 PROPANEDIOL; ANOMERIC EFFECT; BRANCHING; CHAIN-CHAIN INTERACTIONS; INTRAMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; POLYETHYLENE CHAINS; POLYOXYMETHYLENE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

HYDROGEN BONDS;

EID: 67649909155     PISSN: 10221360     EISSN: 15213900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/masy.200950512     Document Type: Article

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