Coarse-grained polymer melts based on isolated atomistic chains: Simulation of polystyrene of different tacticities

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7579-7588

  Fritz, Dominik ^a   Harmandaris, Vagelis A ^a   Kremer, Kurt ^a   Van Der Vegt, Nico F A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATACTIC; ATOMISTIC MODELS; COARSE GRAINED MODELS; COARSE GRAINING; COARSE-GRAINED; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; LENGTH SCALE; LOCAL CHAIN CONFORMATION; MELT PROPERTIES; NONBONDED INTERACTION; PARAMETRIZATIONS; STEREOREGULAR; TACTICITIES;

OLIGOMERS; POLYSTYRENES;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 70349918314     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma901242h     Document Type: Article

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