Behavior of single nanoparticle/homopolymer chain in ordered structures of diblock copolymers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 11278-11285

  Wang, Qiang ^a,b   Nealey, Paul F ^a   De Pablo, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

HOMOPOLYMER CHAINS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0038116263     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1575207     Document Type: Article

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