Bi-modal polymer networks: Composition-dependent trends in thermal, volumetric and structural properties from molecular dynamics simulation

Polymer

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 199-208

  Sirk, Timothy W ^a   Karim, Mir ^b   Khare, Ketan S ^b,c   Lenhart, Joseph L ^a   Andzelm, Jan W ^a   Khare, Rajesh ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

^c Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Glass transition; Mixed network; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CHAINS; GLASS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SPECIFIC HEAT; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EXPANSION; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DIGLYCIDYL ETHER OF BISPHENOL; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; MIXED NETWORK; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY ANALYSIS; POLY(OXYPROPYLENE) DIAMINE; VOLUME THERMAL EXPANSIONS; VOLUMETRIC PROPERTIES;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 84921033336     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.12.057     Document Type: Article

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