Thin films of asymmetric triblock copolymers: A Monte Carlo study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 905-913

  Szamel, Grzegorz ^a   Müller, Marcus ^b  

^a Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

ASYMMETRIC TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS; FILM THICKNESS; WALL POLYMER INTERACTION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0037425671     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1526602     Document Type: Article

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