Original Article
  • Free Radical Polymerization Algorithm for a Thermoplastic Polymer Matrix : A Molecular Dynamics Study

  • Ji-Won Jung*, Chan-Wook Park*, Gun-Jin Yun*†

  • *Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University
    *†Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Corresponding author (E-mail: gunjin.yun@snu.ac.kr)

  • 무정형 열가소성 고분자의 자유 라디칼 중합 분자동역학 시뮬레이션 알고리즘

  • 정지원* · 박찬욱* · 윤군진*†

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Correspondence to

  • Gun-Jin Yun

  • Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University

  • E-mail: gunjin.yun@snu.ac.kr