Phase transitions of bulk statistical copolymers studied by dynamic Monte Carlo simulations

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2165-2175

  Hu, Wenbing ^a   Mathot, Vincent B F ^b   Frenkel, Daan ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTALLIZATION; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHASE-TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0037465756     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma0213854     Document Type: Article

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