Induced orientational effects in relaxation of polymer melts

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Deutsch, J M ^a   Pixley, J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTANGLED POLYMER SOLUTIONS; ORIENTATIONAL EFFECTS; SHORTER CHAINS; STRESS FLUCTUATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 68949091844     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.011803     Document Type: Article

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