Density functional analysis of chemical impurities in dielectric polyethylene

IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 926-930

  Huzayyin, A ^c   Boggs, S ^a,b   Ramprasad, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chemical impurities; Computational quantum mechanics; DFT; High field phenomena; Polyethylene; Polymers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL IMPURITIES; DFT; HIGH FIELD; HIGH FIELD PHENOMENA; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IMPURITIES; MECHANICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMOPLASTICS; WAVEGUIDES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 77954198789     PISSN: 10709878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2010.5492268     Document Type: Article

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