Dewetting of thin polymer films adsorbed on solid substrates: A Monte Carlo simulation of the early stages

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1978-1989

  Milchev, Andrey ^a,b   Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

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EID: 0000745081     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.473341     Document Type: Article

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