Elasticity of single polymer chains

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4989-4992

  Maaloum, M ^a   Courvoisier, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELASTICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STIFFNESS; SURFACES;

MOLECULAR CHAINS; SINGLE POLYMER CHAINS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0033154095     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma981023p     Document Type: Article

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