Entropy-induced smectic phases in rod-coil copolymers

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 14, Issue 46, 2002, Pages 12189-12202

  Düchs, Dominik ^a   Sullivan, D E ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

SMECTIC PHASES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037175756     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/14/46/321     Document Type: Article

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