Self-consistent field theory of brushes of neutral water-soluble polymers

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 10977-10988

  Baulin, Vladimir A ^a   Zhulina, Ekaterina B ^a,b   Halperin, Avi ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGEN BONDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; SOLUBILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLORY INTERACTION PARAMETER; NEUTRAL WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMER; POLY N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY;

ACRYLICS;

EID: 0347577798     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1619934     Document Type: Article

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