Field-theoretic simulations of confined polymer solutions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 9030-9036

  Alexander Katz, Alfredo ^a   Moreira, André G ^a   Fredrickson, Glenn H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; POLYMERIZATION; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CONFINED POLYMER SOLUTION; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; FIELD-THEORETIC SIMULATION; GAUSSIAN THREAD MODEL;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0037866873     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1567257     Document Type: Article

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