Conformational transition behavior of amorphous polyethylene across the glass transition temperature

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 113, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 9077-9083

  Wu, Rongliang ^a   Zhang, Xiongfei ^a   Ji, Qing ^a   Kong, Bin ^a   Yang, Xiaozhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; GLASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASTICS; TORSIONAL STRESS;

AMORPHOUS POLYETHYLENES; BARRIER HEIGHTS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; GLASS STATE; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; INVERSE TEMPERATURES; LOGARITHMIC RATES; MELT STATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NONEQUILIBRIUM STATE; TRANSITION BARRIER; TRANSITION BEHAVIOR; TRANSITION RATES; TWO-LINE;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 67650090800     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp8110919     Document Type: Article

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