Grafted polymer brushes in polymeric matrices

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 5532-5541

  Grest, Gary S ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; INTEGRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLVENTS;

CHAIN LENGTH; NUMBER DENSITY; POLYMER BRUSHES; POLYMER MELTS; RADIUS OF GYRATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030261488     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472395     Document Type: Article

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