Simulation of chain folding in polyethylene: A comparison of united atom and explicit hydrogen atom models

Polymer

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2803-2808

  Li, Chunli ^a   Choi, Phillip ^a   Sundararajan, P R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chain folding; Polyethylene; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHAINS; HYDROGEN; POLYETHYLENES;

CHAIN FOLDING; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; POLYETHYLENE CHAINS; POLYMER CONFORMATION; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; UNITED-ATOM MODELS;

ATOMS;

CRYSTALLINITY; POLYETHYLENE; SIMULATION;

EID: 77954816002     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2010.04.049     Document Type: Article

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