Conformational properties of polyelectrolyte brushes: A Monte Carlo and self-consistent-field study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1579-1588

  Chen, Hao ^a   Zajac, Richard ^a   Chakrabarti, Amitabha ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000876834     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.470746     Document Type: Article

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