Segmental concentration profiles of end-tethered polymers with excluded-volume and surface interactions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4798-4811

  Adamuti Trache, Maria ^a,c   McMullen, William E ^a   Douglas, Jack F ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0004584457     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472991     Document Type: Article

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