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Semi-Grand Canonical Monte Carlo (Sgmc) Simulations to Interpret Non-Equilibrium Polymer Melt Experiments
Frederick E. Bernardin III, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 66-453, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 and Gregory C. Rutledge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Mass Ave 66-368, Cambridge, MA 02139 |
Monte Carlo Simulations of the Interlamellar Region in Semi-Crystalline Isotactic Polypropylene
Vikram K. Kuppa, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Mass Ave, Building 66 Room No-453, Cambridge, MA 02139 and Gregory C. Rutledge, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Mass Ave, Builder 66 Room No-352, Cambridge, MA 02139 |
Entanglements and Underlying Topology in Polymer Melts : from Atomistic Models to Entanglement Networks
Christos Tzoumanekas, Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou Campus, Athens, 15780, Greece and Doros N. Theodorou, Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou Campus, Athens, 157 80, Greece |
Spinodal Decomposition of Rodlike Liquid Crystals
Micah J. Green, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 25 Ames St., 66-258, Cambridge, MA 02139, Robert A. Brown, Boston University, President's Office, 1 Sherborn Street, Boston, MA 02215 and Robert C. Armstrong, MIT, Department of Chemical engineering, MIT, 25 Ames street, Room 66-360, Cambridge, MA 02139 |
Molecular Modeling of Entanglements in Macromolecules by Using a Coarse-Grained Slip-Link Model
Jay D. Schieber1, Deepa M. Nair2 and Thidaporn Kitkrailard1, (1)Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W 33rd St, Chicago, IL 60616, (2)Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W. 33rd Street, Chicago, IL 60616 |
Movement Selection for Modeling Biopolymers in a 3-D Lattice
Erin N. Sawardecker1, Marta Sales-Pardo2 and Luis A.N. Amaral2, (1)Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, TECH E136, Evanston, IL 60208, (2)Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Rd, TECH E136, Evanston, IL 60208 |
Diffusion in Polystyrene: a Multi-Scale Approach
Pravin Kannan1, Joseph J. Biernacki2 and Donald P. Visco1, (1)Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505, (2)Tennessee Technological University, Department of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505 |
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