Effect of side chain rigidity on the elasticity of comb copolymer cylindrical brushes: a Monte Carlo simulation study

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 4439-4443

  Saariaho, Mika ^a   Subbotin, Andrei ^b   Szleifer, Igal ^c   Ikkala, Olli ^a   Ten Brinke, Gerrit ^a,d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TOPCHIEV INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS   (Russian Federation)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUSHES; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RIGIDITY;

COMB COPOLYMERS; CYLINDRICAL BRUSHES; SIDE CHAIN;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0032640156     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma990307m     Document Type: Article

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