The effect of chain stiffness on the phase behaviour of isolated homopolymers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2134-2142

  Doye, Jonathan P K ^a   Sear, Richard P ^a   Frenkel, Daan ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CHAIN STIFFNESS; HOMOPOLYMERS; SOLID GLOBULE TRANSITION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0031997466     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475592     Document Type: Article

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