A self-consistent mean field model of a starburst dendrimer: Dense core vs dense shell

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7251-7260

  Boris, David ^a   Rubinstein, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EDWARD METHOD; FLORY THEORY; MULTIFACTIONAL MONOMER; RADIUS OF GYRATION; SELF AVOIDING WALK; SELF CONSISTENT FIELDS; STARBURST DENDRIMER;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030259028     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma960397k     Document Type: Article

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