Conformations of bridging polyelectrolytes in poor solvent: Single-chain self-consistent field calculations

Langmuir

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 5111-5117

  Pickett, Galen T ^a   Balazs, Anna C ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD (SCF) CALCULATIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTROSTATICS; SOLVENTS;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 0035822849     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la001034n     Document Type: Article

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