Flow effects on melt structure and entanglement network of linear polymers: Results from a nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulation study of a polyethylene melt in steady shear

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6886-6902

  Baig, Chunggi ^a   Mavrantzas, Vlasis G ^a   Kröger, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AVERAGE VALUES; CHAIN DISENTANGLEMENT; CHAIN ORIENTATION; CONFORMATION TENSOR; CONTOUR LENGTHS; END-TO-END DISTANCES; ENTANGLEMENT NETWORKS; FLOW BIREFRINGENCE; FLOW EFFECTS; FLOW STRENGTH; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; INTERACTION ENERGIES; ISO SURFACE; LARGE SYSTEM; LINEAR POLYETHYLENE; LINEAR POLYMERS; MATERIAL FUNCTION; MEAN VALUES; MEAN-SQUARE; MELT STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR SHAPES; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCE; NUMBER AND SIZE; NUMBER DENSITY; ORDER PARAMETER; ORIENTATION ANGLES; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; POLYETHYLENE MELT; PRIMITIVE PATH; RADIUS OF GYRATION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RHEO-OPTICAL; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR COMPLIANCE; SHEAR RATES; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; STEADY SHEAR; TOPOLOGICAL NETWORKS; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYETHYLENES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; THERMOPLASTICS; TOPOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 77955755426     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma100826u     Document Type: Article

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