Structure and nucleation of pores in polymeric bilayers: A Monte Carlo simulation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 8282-8292

  Muller M ^a,b   Schick, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0001468994     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472682     Document Type: Article

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