Modeling the interactions between polymers and clay surfaces through self-consistent field theory

Macromolecules

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 8370-8381

  Balazs, Anna C ^a   Singh, Chandralekha ^a   Zhulina, Ekaterina ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COLLOIDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; POLYMERS; REACTION KINETICS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 0032205245     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma980727w     Document Type: Article

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