Stepwise unwinding of polyelectrolytes under stretching

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 5263-5272

  Tamashiro, M N ^a   Schiessel, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONFORMATIONS; FREE ENERGY; FRICTION; MONOMERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; STRAIN; STRETCHING; WINDING;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; SAWTOOTH PATTERN; STEPWISE UNWINDING;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 0034227058     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma992025s     Document Type: Article

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