Collapse or swelling dynamics of homopolymer rings: Self-consistent Hartree approach

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 937-951

  Rostiashvili, Vakhtang G ^a,b   Lee, Nam Kyung ^a   Vilgis, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FRACTALS; FUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONOMERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SWELLING;

COLLAPSE; HOMOPOLYMER RINGS; MARTIN SIGGIA ROSE GENERATING FUNCTIONAL TECHNIQUE; MONOMER TO MONOMER CORRELATION FUNCTION; ROUSE MODE; SELF CONSISTENT HARTREE APPROXIMATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0037425661     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1526606     Document Type: Article

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