Covalent bond force profile and cleavage in a single polymer chain

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2497-2503

  Garnier, Lionel ^a,b   Gauthier Manuel, Bernard ^b   Van Der Vegte, Eric W ^a   Snijders, Jaap ^a   Hadziioannou, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JMFC FRW 0067   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELASTICITY;

COVALENT BONDS;

ACRYLICS;

EID: 0034251321     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.482068     Document Type: Article

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