Polyethylene under tensil load: Strain energy storage and breaking of linear and knotted alkanes probed by first-principles molecular dynamics calculations

The mechanical resistance of a polyethylene strand subject to tension and the way its properties are affected by the presence of a knot is studied using first-principles molecular dynamics calculations. The distribution of strain energy for the knotted chains has a well-defined shape that is very different from the one found in the linear case. The presence of a knot significantly weakens the chain in which it is tied. Chain rupture invariably occurs just outside the entrance to the knot, as is the case for a macroscopic rope. © 1999 American Institute of Physics..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999

Erschienen:

1999

Reproduktion:

AIP Digital Archive

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:111

Enthalten in:

The Journal of Chemical Physics - 111(1999), 20, Seite 9434-9440

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saitta, A. Marco [Sonstige Person]
Klein, Michael L. [Sonstige Person]

Links:

dx.doi.org

Umfang:

7

doi:

10.1063/1.479855

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLEJ219039801