Structure and dynamics of poly(methyl methacrylate)/graphene systems through atomistic molecular dynamics simulations

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Rissanou, Anastassia N ^a,b   Harmandaris, Vagelis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Graphene nanocomposites; Polymer; Simulations; Structure

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ESTERS; GRAPHENE; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; MACROMOLECULAR CHAIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) (PMMA); SIMULATIONS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84875540503     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1589-2     Document Type: Article

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