Monte Carlo simulations of infinitely dilute solutions of amphiphilic diblock star copolymers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 8736-8746

  Connolly, Ronan ^a   Timoshenko, Edward G ^a   Kuznetsov, Yuri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCATTERING; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS;

AMPHIPHILIC DIBLOCK STAR COPOLYMERS; DILUTE SOLUTIONS; INTERCHAIN RADIAL DISTRIBUTION; RADII OF GYRATION; STATIC SCATTERING;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0242677749     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1610445     Document Type: Article

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