How thick is the interphase in an ultrathin polymer film? Coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of polyamide-6,6 on graphene

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5249-5257

  Eslami, Hossein ^a,b   Müller Plathe, Florian ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PERSIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CHAIN CONFORMATIONS; COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; INTERPHASE THICKNESS; LOCAL STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; LONG-TIME RELAXATIONS; SHORT-TIME DYNAMICS; ULTRA-THIN POLYMER FILMS;

GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TIME MEASUREMENT; VACUUM;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84875160197     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400142h     Document Type: Article

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