Enhancing heterogenous crystallization resistance in a bead-spring polymer model by modifying bond length

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-140

  MacKura, Mark E ^a   Simmons, David S ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

bead spring model; crystallization; glass transition; heterogenous nucleation; interfaces; molecular dynamics simulation; nanoconfinement

Indexed keywords

BEAD-SPRING MODELS; CRYSTALLIZATION RESISTANCE; FINITELY EXTENSIBLE NONLINEAR ELASTICS; HETEROGENOUS NUCLEATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-SCALE CONFINEMENTS; NANOCONFINEMENTS; SUPER-COOLED POLYMERS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GLASS TRANSITION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; POLYMER MELTS;

GLASS;

EID: 84889656543     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23398     Document Type: Article

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