Surface segregation in conformationally asymmetric polymer blends: Incompressibility and boundary conditions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 6387-6397

  Wu, David T ^a   Fredrickson, Glenn H ^a   Carton, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a University of California at Santa Barbara   (United States)

^b SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

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EID: 0008855260     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.471272     Document Type: Article

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