Molecular dynamics simulations of the force between a polymer brush and an AFM tip

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 25, 1996, Pages 8282-8284

  Murat, Michael ^a,b   Grest, Gary S ^c  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LOADS (FORCES); MONOMERS; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; SURFACES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE TIP; FORCE DISPLACEMENT CURVES; POLYMER BRUSH;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030566576     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma961267e     Document Type: Article

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