Microstructural study of mechanical properties of the ABA triblock copolymer using self-consistent field and molecular dynamics

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 8153-8161

  Aoyagi, Takeshi ^a   Honda, Takashi ^a   Doi, Masao ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; HYSTERESIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRESSES;

MICRODOMAINS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0036849919     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1510728     Document Type: Article

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