A Monte Carlo study of effects of chain stiffness and chain ends on dilute solution behavior of polymers. I. Gyration-radius expansion factor

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2911-2918

  Yamakawa, Hiromi ^a   Yoshizaki, Takenao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION;

CHAIN ENDS EFFECT; CHAIN STIFFNESS EFFECT; GYRATION-RADIUS EXPANSION FACTOR; RADIUS OF GYRATION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037425883     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1536619     Document Type: Article

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