Path-integral calculation of the mean number of overcrossings in an entangled polymer network

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 550-557

  Arteca, Gustavo A ^a,b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0000026321     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci980144l     Document Type: Article

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