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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Macromolecules. 2018;51:10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02560. doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02560

Table 1.

Functional Forms of CG Model Cohesive Interactions and Fitting Parameters Used in NEMD Studies of PB and PS

Function Polybutadiene Parameters Polystyrene Parameters
α(T,f)=αAαg1+exp[k(TTT(f))]+α8 αA = 0.7866 αA = 3.232
αg = 1.509 αg = 3.923
k = 0.0343 K−1 k = 0.03167 K−1
f=f0exp(ΔHa(KTA)kBTT(f)) f0 = 4.13 × 1016 Hz f 0 = 4.13 × 1016 Hz
ΔHa = 18.61 kJ/mol ΔHa = 61.27 kJ/mol
TA = 281.0 K TA = 549.0 K
K = 0.1838 K = 0.2874