Common origin of dynamics heterogeneity and cooperatively rearranging region in polymer melts

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 6615-6624

  Asai, Makoto ^a   Shibayama, Mitsuhiro ^a   Koike, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAM-GIBBS THEORY; COOPERATIVELY REARRANGING REGIONS; CRYSTALLINE ORDER; DYNAMICS HETEROGENEITY; GLASS-FORMING LIQUID; ORIENTATIONAL ORDERS; PHYSICAL PICTURES; SLOW DYNAMICS; STATIC STRUCTURES; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS; TWO ORDER PARAMETERS;

CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS; GLASS FORMING MACHINES; GLASS TRANSITION; LIQUIDS; POLYMER MELTS; SUPERCOOLING;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 80051768038     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma201341d     Document Type: Article

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