Molecular dynamics simulations of concentrated polymer solutions in thin film geometry. I. Equilibrium properties near the glass transition

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Peter, S ^a   Meyer, H ^a   Baschnagel, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; EQUILIBRIUM PROPERTIES; EXPLICIT SOLVENTS; FREE SURFACES; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SOLVENT CONCENTRATION; SOLVENT DENSITY; SOLVENT DYNAMICS; SOLVENT PARTICLES; SOLVENT VAPORS; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; SPRING CHAINS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; THIN-FILM GEOMETRY; ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; BULK GLASS; COARSE GRAINED MODELS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION MODEL; DRY FILMS; DRY STATE; EVAPORATION PROCESS; EVAPORATION RATE; INTERMEDIATE REGIMES; KEY PARAMETERS; MONOMER DENSITY; MUTUAL DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM EFFECTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POLYMER-SOLVENT MIXTURE; SIMULATION AND MODELING; SIMULATION DATA; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; TIME REGIME; VAPOR INTERFACE;

DYNAMICS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; PHOTORESISTS; PLASTIC FILMS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; POLYMER FILMS; SIMULATORS; VAPORS;

POLYMER FILMS; GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 67650444429     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3158608     Document Type: Article

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