Superior thermal conductivity and extremely high mechanical strength in polyethylene chains from ab initio calculation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Jiang, Jin Wu ^a   Zhao, Junhua ^a   Zhou, Kun ^b   Rabczuk, Timon ^a  

^a BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; POLYETHYLENE CHAINS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION; UPPER LIMITS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

CALCULATIONS; ETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENES; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMOPLASTICS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84863533937     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4729489     Document Type: Article

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