Thermodynamic behavior of particle/diblock copolymer mixtures: simulation and theory

Macromolecules

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 8085-8096

  Huh, June ^a   Ginzburg, Valeriy V ^a   Balazs, Anna C ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; MICELLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); VOLUME FRACTION;

COPOLYMER MICELLES; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER MIXTURE; GYRATION; HARD NANOPARTICLES; SELF ASSEMBLED STRUCTURE; STRONG SEGREGATION LIMIT APPROXIMATION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0034297777     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma000708y     Document Type: Article

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