Interfaces between highly incompatible polymers of different stiffness: Monte Carlo simulations and self-consistent field calculations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 10764-10776

  Muller M ^a,b   Werner, A ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0010372113     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.474192     Document Type: Article

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