Non-monotonous crossover between capillary condensation and interface localisation/delocalisation transition in binary polymer blends

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 724-730

  Muller M ^a   Binder, K ^a   Albano, E V ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

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EID: 0034636595     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00542-5     Document Type: Article

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