Local conformation of regular star polymers in a good solvent: A Monte Carlo study

Macromolecules

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2994-2999

  Forni, Alessandra ^a   Ganazzoli, Fabio ^a   Vacatello, Michele ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; ENTROPY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLVENTS;

FLORY EXPONENT; GYRATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; REGULAR STAR POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0030574997     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9508820     Document Type: Article

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