The distribution of the gyration radius of a model of ionomer studied by multicanonical Monte Carlo simulation

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-73

  Urakami, Naohito ^a   Takasu, Masako ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

End to end distance; Ionomer; Multicanonical Monte Carlo simulation; Radius of gyration; Sticker

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040342595     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927029708024138     Document Type: Article

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