Coexistence curves for melts of lattice polymers with structured monomers: Monte Carlo computations and the lattice cluster theory

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2471-2477

  Buta, Dorel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FREE ENERGY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

LATTICE CLUSTER THEORY; LATTICE POLYMER; SELF-AVOIDING WALK;

MONOMERS;

EID: 0042707851     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1585021     Document Type: Article

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