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| | SAM - Dynamics and Chain Length (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | VENUS, a molecular dynamics code used for normal modes calculations, revealed three distinct low energy modes, with polarization components normal to the surface, which were common for all chain lengths; an up-down motion, a scissor, and a bowing motion. |
 | | The calculated energies of the three low-energy modes as a function of the chain length are compared to the experimental energies in Figure 2. |
 | | For each additional methyl group added to the chain the force constant, k, and mass, m, will increase in proportion keeping the excitation energy, E, constant, with a small perturbation due to the effective mass of the sulfur head group. |
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