Conformations of attractive, repulsive, and amphiphilic polymer chains in a simple supercritical solvent: Molecular simulation study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4026-4034

  Lísal, Martin ^a   Nezbeda, Ivo ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^b J E PURKINJE UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLVENTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

SUPERCRITICAL SOLVENTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0042378811     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1591722     Document Type: Article

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