Simulated glass transition in thin polymer films: Influence of truncating the non-bonded interaction potentials

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1223-1229

  Batistakis, C ^a,b   Lyulin, A V ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DUTCH POLYMER INSTITUTE DPI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glass transition; Molecular dynamics simulation; Polymer thin film; Potential cutoff

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894636291     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2013.12.020     Document Type: Article

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