Computer Simulations of the Glass Transition in Polymer Melts

Abstract

Computer simulations of model polymers have contributed strongly to our understanding of the glass transition in polymer melts. The ability of the simulation to provide information on experimentally not directly accessible quantities like the entropy of a system or the detailed spatial arrangement of the particles allow for stringent tests of theoretical concepts about the glass transition and provide additional insight for the interpretation of experimental data.KeywordsGlass TransitionPlateau RegimeRouse ModeStep DecayPolymer Glass TransitionThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.