Monte Carlo simulation of polymer chain collapse in athermal solvents

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 9971-9973

  Luna Bárcenas, Gabriel ^a   Bennett, Gerald E ^a   Sanchez, Isaac C ^a   Johnston, Keith P ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENTROPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS;

ATHERMAL SOLVENT; CONFIGURATIONAL BIAS METHOD; HAMILTON WALK; POLYMER CHAIN COLLAPSE; SOLVENT CHAIN EXCLUDED VOLUME INTERACTIONS; SOLVENT SHAPE;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 0030170102     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.471724     Document Type: Article

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