Renormalization group calculation of the swelling factor for a non-ideal, randomly jointed polymer chain

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-47

  Altenberger, Andrzej R ^a   Siepmann, J Ilja ^a   Dahler, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; POLYMERS; SWELLING;

POLYMER CHAINS; RENORMALIZATION GROUP CALCULATION; SWELLING FACTOR;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0033360635     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00236-8     Document Type: Article

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