scholarly journals Molecular dynamics simulations of crystal nucleation in entangled polymer melts under start-up shear conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 150 (8) ◽  
pp. 084905 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Anwar ◽  
Richard S. Graham
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Polymer Melts ◽  
Crystal Nucleation ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Entangled Polymer ◽  
Entangled Polymer Melts ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

scholarly journals Polymer conformations in polymer nanocomposites containing spherical nanoparticles

Soft Matter ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 382-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Argyrios Karatrantos ◽  
Nigel Clarke ◽  
Russell J. Composto ◽  
Karen I. Winey
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Percolation Threshold ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Polymer Nanocomposites ◽  
Polymer Melts ◽  
Spherical Nanoparticles ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

We investigate the effect of various spherical nanoparticles on chain dimensions in polymer melts for high nanoparticle loading which is larger than the percolation threshold, using molecular dynamics simulations.

scholarly journals Isostaticity and the solidification of semiflexible polymer melts

Soft Matter ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (43) ◽  
pp. 7948-7952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian O. Plaza-Rivera ◽  
Hong T. Nguyen ◽  
Robert S. Hoy
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Polymer Melts ◽  
Polymer Model ◽  
Soft Sphere ◽  
Semiflexible Polymer ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Using molecular dynamics simulations of a tangent-soft-sphere bead-spring polymer model, we examine the degree to which semiflexible polymer melts solidify at isostaticity.

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