Formation and equilibrium properties of living polymer brushes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1606-1615

  Milchev, A ^a   Wittmer, J P ^b   Landau, D P ^c  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000756215     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.480600     Document Type: Article

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