Simulation of 3D Mesoscale Structure Formation in Concentrated Aqueous Solution of the Triblock Polymer Surfactants (Ethylene Oxide)13(Propylene Oxide)30(Ethylene Oxide)13 and (Propylene Oxide)19(Ethylene Oxide)33(Propylene Oxide)19. Application of Dynamic Mean-Field Density Functional Theory

Macromolecules

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 646-656

  Van Vlimmeren, B A C ^a,b   Maurits, N M ^a,b   Zvelindovsky, A V ^a   Sevink, G J A ^a   Fraaije, J G E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b InterScale   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GAUSSIAN CHAINS; MEAN-FIELD DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0033537408     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma980947+     Document Type: Article

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