Polymers interacting with spherical and rodlike particles

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1134-1152

  Eisenriegler, E ^a   Hanke, A ^b   Dietrich, S ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONFORMATIONS; DESORPTION; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

EXCLUDED VOLUME INTERACTIONS; FIELD THEORY; GINZBURG LANDAU MODEL; PARTITION FUNCTION; POLYMER CHAIN INTERACTIONS; POLYMER MAGNET ANALOGY; RODLIKE SHAPE; SPHERICAL SHAPE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030214492     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.54.1134     Document Type: Article

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