Coarse-grained simulations of moderately entangled star polyethylene melts

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 138, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Liu, L ^a   Padding, J T ^b   Den Otter, W K ^a   Briels, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE-GRAINED; COMPLEX HIERARCHY; DIFFUSIVE BEHAVIOR; LINEAR POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENE MELT; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SOFT PARTICLES;

RHEOLOGY; STARS;

POLYMERS;

POLYETHYLENE;

ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; FREEZING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ARTICLE;

ALGORITHMS; FREEZING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYETHYLENE; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 84879902908     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4811675     Document Type: Article

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