Heterogeneous percolation-to-cluster transition in phase separation of an off-critical polymer mixture

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3612-3620

  Takeno, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Nakamura, Eiji ^a   Hashimoto, Takeji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000270692     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.478229     Document Type: Article

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