Relationship between chain length and the concentration dependence of polymer and oligomer self-diffusion in solution

Macromolecules

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 8126-8138

  Chekal, Brian P ^a   Torkelson, John M ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELF-DIFFUSION PROCESSES;

DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLUTIONS;

OLIGOMERS;

EID: 0037044350     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma020859w     Document Type: Article

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