Brownian dynamics simulations of dilute polystyrene solutions

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 291-322

  Li, Lei ^a   Larson, Ronald G ^b   Sridhar, Tam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000076990     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.551087     Document Type: Article

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