Glass transition and dynamics of semiflexible polymer brushes

Author(s):  
Jian-Hua Huang ◽  
Dan-Dan Sun ◽  
Rong-Xing Lu

The glass transition and dynamics of densely grafted semiflexible polymer brushes are studied by molecular dynamics simulation. The glass transition temperature (Tg) increases with the polymer rigidity. The local glass...

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (18) ◽  
pp. 669-675
Author(s):  
HAO-YANG LIU ◽  
WEN-BING ZHANG ◽  
XIAN-WU ZOU ◽  
YIN-QUAN YUAN ◽  
ZHUN-ZHI JIN

The glass transition for the soft sphere system with Morse potential was investigated based on molecular dynamics simulation and partition function analysis. The dependence of the glass transition temperature on the density and the softness of the potential was obtained.


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