Scaling description of polymer interfaces: Flat layers

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7261-7268

  Aubouy, M ^a   Guiselin, O ^b   Raphael E ^a  

^a PSL Research University   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; VOLUME FRACTION;

ELASTIC FORCE; IRREVERSIBLE ADSORPTION; LOOP DENSITY PROFILE; POLYMER LOOPS AND TAIL; POLYMERIZATION INDEX; POWER LAW; SCALING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030263618     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9604348     Document Type: Article

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