Anomalous size-dependence of interfacial profiles between coexisting phases of polymer mixtures in thin-film geometry: A Monte Carlo simulation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 8175-8188

  Werner, Andreas ^a   Schmid, Friederike ^a   Müller, Marcus ^a   Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0001569350     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475118     Document Type: Article

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