Constrained free-energy functional of deformed polymer systems

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 7371-7382

  Sun, Tao ^a   Balazs, Anna C ^a   Jasnow, David ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERS; TENSORS; VOLUME FRACTION;

CONSTRAINED FREE ENERGY; FREE ENERGY FUNCTIONAL; LAME CONSTANT; LANDAU DE GENNES MODEL; POISSON RATIO;

FREE ENERGY;

EID: 0031560161     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.474975     Document Type: Article

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