Molecular dynamics of spherical nanoparticles in dense polymer melts

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3731-3742

  Patti, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVE INTERACTIONS; AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS DYNAMICS; INTERDIGITATED STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOPARTICLE CLUSTERS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES;

CHAINS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER MELTS; SOLVENTS;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER;

CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS;

EID: 84898065848     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412440g     Document Type: Article

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