Predicting polymeric crystal structures by evolutionary algorithms

作者: Qiang Zhu , Vinit Sharma , Artem R. Oganov , Ramamurthy Ramprasad

DOI: 10.1063/1.4897337

关键词: Chemical engineeringPolyethyleneMonomerCrystal structureOxidePolymerEvolutionary algorithmPhenylenePolymer chemistryPolyacetyleneMaterials science

摘要: … The recently developed evolutionary algorithm USPEX proved to be a tool that enables … prediction of structures. Here we extend this method to predict the crystal structure of polymers by …

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