Excluded-volume effects in polymer solutions. 2. Comparison of experimental results with numerical simulation data

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3510-3517

  Graessley, William W ^a,d   Hayward, Ryan C ^a   Grest, Gary S ^b,c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLUTIONS;

DILUTE LINEAR POLYMER; RADIUS OF GYRATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0032680739     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981915p     Document Type: Article

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