Thermal conductivity dependence on chain length in amorphous polymers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Zhao, Junhua ^a,b   Jiang, Jin Wu ^b   Wei, Ning ^c   Zhang, Yancheng ^b   Rabczuk, Timon ^b,d  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR   (Germany)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS POLYETHYLENES; AMORPHOUS POLYMERS; COLLISION MECHANISMS; NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHONON VIBRATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CHAIN LENGTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONONS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84878096640     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4804237     Document Type: Article

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