Chain conformation in ultrathin polymer films

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6740, 1999, Pages 146-149

  Jones, Ronald L ^a   Kumar, Sanat K ^a   Ho, Derek L ^b   Briber, Robert M ^b   Russell, Thomas P ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYSTYRENES; SWELLING; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

CHAIN SWELLING;

PLASTIC FILMS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FILM; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033536156     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22080     Document Type: Article

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