Atomistic simulation based prediction of the solvent effect on the molecular mobility and glass transition of poly (methyl methacrylate)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Mishra, Shawn ^a   Keten, Sinan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; FREE-VOLUME THEORY; IN-SILICO; MEAN SQUARED DISPLACEMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR MOBILITY; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); POLYMER CHAINS; SOLVENT EFFECTS; TETRAHYDROFURANS; THEORETICAL MODELS; THERMO-MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS;

ESTERS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLVENTS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84873597324     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4788744     Document Type: Article

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