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Determining the Glass Transition in Polymer Melts

2007; Wiley; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/9780470189078.ch1

1934-5372

Wolfgang Paul,

Polymer crystallization and properties

Chapter 1 Determining the Glass Transition in Polymer Melts Wolfgang Paul, Wolfgang Paul Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street, N. W. Washington, D. C., 20059, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author Wolfgang Paul, Wolfgang Paul Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street, N. W. Washington, D. C., 20059, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author Book Editor(s):Kenny B. Lipkowitz, Kenny B. Lipkowitz Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street, N. W. Washington, D. C., 20059, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this authorThomas R. Cundari, Thomas R. Cundari Department of Chemistry, Howard University, 525 College Street, N. W. Washington, D. C., 20059, U.S.A.Search for more papers by this author First published: 30 April 2007 https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470189078.ch1Citations: 4Book Series:Reviews in Computational Chemistry AboutPDFPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShareShare a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Summary The prelims comprise: Introduction Phenomenology of the Glass Transition Model Building Chemically Realistic Modeling Coarse-Grained Models Simulation Methods Thermodynamic Properties Dynamics in Super-Cooled Polymer Melts Dynamics in the Bead-Spring Model Dynamics in 1,4-Polybutadiene Dynamic Heterogeneity Summary Acknowledgments References REFERENCES K. Binder, and W. Kob, Glassy Materials and Disordered Solids, World Scientific, Singapore, 2005. K. L. Ngai, E. Riande, and M. D. Ingram, Eds., J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 235–237, 1 (1998). Proceedings of the Third International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems. K. L. Ngai, G. 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