Simulating constraint release by watching a ring cross itself

Macromolecules

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2479-2486

  Cao, Jing ^a   Qin, Jian ^a   Milner, Scott T ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CONCENTRATED SOLUTION; CONSTRAINT RELEASE; ENTANGLED POLYMER MELTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PRIMITIVE PATH; RING POLYMERS; ROUSE DYNAMICS; TOPOLOGICAL STATE;

CHAINS;

EID: 84898007330     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma500325z     Document Type: Article

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