Melt structure and dynamics of unentangled polyethylene rings: Rouse theory, atomistic molecular dynamics simulation, and comparison with the linear analogues

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 10692-10713

  Tsolou, Georgia ^a   Stratikis, Nikos ^a   Baig, Chunggi ^a   Stephanou, Pavlos S ^a   Mavrantzas, Vlasis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CENTER-OF-MASS; CHARACTERISTIC SPECTRUM; CORRELATION HOLES; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; DYNAMIC STRUCTURE FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; LINEAR CHAIN; LOCAL DYNAMICS; MEAN SQUARE DISPLACEMENT; MELT STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SHAPES; MONODISPERSE; PAIR CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; RADIUS OF GYRATION; REPTATION DYNAMICS; RING POLYMERS; ROUSE MODEL; ROUSE THEORY; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; SHEAR RATES; SIMULATION DATA; SIMULATION RESULT; STATISTICAL ENSEMBLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER MELTS; POLYMERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; THERMOPLASTICS;

CHAIN LENGTH;

EID: 78650499461     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma1017555     Document Type: Article

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