The coil-globule transition of polymers of long rigid monomers connected by flexible spacers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 7477-7482

  Sear, Richard P ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000430091     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.474987     Document Type: Article

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