Escape transition of a compressed polymer mushroom under good solvent conditions

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 675-680

  Milchev, A ^a,b   Yamakov, V ^b,c   Binder, K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 0033546839     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1999-00442-2     Document Type: Article

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