Explicit treatment of hydrogen atoms in thermal simulations of polyethylene

Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-108

  Henry, Asegun ^a   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics; Phonon transport; Polymer; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; EXPLICIT TREATMENTS; HYDROGEN ATOMS; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PHONON TRANSPORT; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL SIMULATIONS;

ATOMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DYNAMICS; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONONS; SOLIDS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 70349484657     PISSN: 15567265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15567260902834707     Document Type: Article

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