Scaling behaviour of different polymer models in dissipative particle dynamics of unentangled melts

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 1274-1289

  Posel, Zbyšek ^a,b   Rousseau, Bernard ^c   Lísal, Martin ^a,b  

^a J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

coarse grain potential; dissipative particle dynamics; Rouse model; scaling laws; unentangled polymer melt

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DYNAMICS; POLYETHYLENES; SCALING LAWS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); VISCOSITY;

BOLTZMANN INVERSION; COARSE GRAINS; CONFORMATIONAL PROPERTIES; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; END-TO-END DISTANCES; FINITELY EXTENSIBLE NONLINEAR ELASTICS; ROUSE MODEL; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 84907583525     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2013.869803     Document Type: Article

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