Quantitative study of equilibrium and non-equilibrium polymer dynamics through systematic hierarchical coarse-graining simulations

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-28

  Harmandaris, Vagelis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coarse grained models; Molecular dynamics simulations; Segmental relaxation; Shear flow; Terminal dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897819416     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: 20937660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13367-014-0003-7     Document Type: Review

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