End-adsorbed polymer brushes in high- and low-molecular-weight matrices

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2659-2666

  Shull, Kenneth R ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULES; POLYMERIZATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

FLORY INTERACTION PARAMETER; GYRATION; NUMERICAL SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; POLYMER BRUSHES; SCHEUTJENS-FLEER THEORY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030110532     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma951290k     Document Type: Article

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