Molecular dynamics study of the melt morphology of polyethylene chains with different branching characteristics adjacent to a clay surface

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 4303-4310

  Li, Chunli ^a   Choi, Phillip ^a   Williams, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING CHARACTERISTICS; CHAIN SEGMENTS; CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; CLAY SURFACES; CRYSTALLIZATION CONDITIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; EQUILIBRATION TIME; FAR FIELD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; HIGHER-DEGREE; INORGANIC SURFACES; LAMELLAR GROWTH; MD SIMULATION; MELT STATE; ORGANIC/INORGANIC INTERFACES; POLYETHYLENE CHAINS; POLYMER CHAINS; SINGLE LAMELLA; THREE-LAYER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; KAOLINITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENES; SILICATE MINERALS; THERMOPLASTICS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 77957918444     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la903425z     Document Type: Article

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