Atomic motions in poly(vinyl methyl ether): A combined study by quasielastic neutron scattering and molecular dynamics simulations in the light of the mode coupling theory

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Capponi, S ^a,b   Arbe, A ^c   Alvarez, F ^b,c   Colmenero, J ^a,b,c   Frick, B ^d   Embs, J P ^e,f  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC MOTION; ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GAUSSIAN BEHAVIOR; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN DYNAMICS; INTRAMOLECULAR BARRIERS; MODE COUPLING THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NEUTRON SPIN ECHO; POLY(VINYL METHYL ETHER); POLYMER MODELS; PROTONATED; QUASI ELASTIC NEUTRON SCATTERING; REAL-SPACE; SELF-CORRELATION; SIMULATION DATA; TIME OF FLIGHT;

ATOMS; ETHERS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYBUTADIENES; SIMULATORS; SPIN GLASS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 71549130782     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3258857     Document Type: Article

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