A versatile approach for modeling and simulating the tacticity of polymers

Journal of Molecular Modeling

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1767-1780

  Miri, Massoud J ^a   Pritchard, Benjamin P ^a   Cheng, H N ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Pentads; Single site catalysts; Stereospecific polymerization; Tacticity

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENANTIOMER; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTICITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SOFTWARE; STEREOISOMERISM;

BERNOULLIA;

EID: 80051790180     PISSN: 16102940     EISSN: 09485023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00894-010-0880-8     Document Type: Article

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