Phase separation versus wetting: A mean field theory for symmetrical polymer mixtures confined between selectively attractive walls

Journal de Physique II

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 667-695

  Flebbe, Thomas ^a   Dünweg, Burkhard ^a   Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE SEPARATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUBILITY; THIN FILMS; VOLUME FRACTION; WETTING;

MEAN FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRICAL POLYMER MIXTURES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030147883     PISSN: 11554312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/jp2:1996205     Document Type: Article

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