Swelling dynamics of collapsed polymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 651-661

  Lee, Nam Kyung ^a,b,c   Abrams, Cameron F ^d   Johner, A ^a,b   Obukhov, S ^a,b,e  

^a INSTITUT CHARLES SADRON   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Sejong University   (South Korea)

^d Drexel University   (United States)

^e University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; SWELLING;

COLLAPSED POLYMERS; GLOBULE; SWELLING DYNAMICS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0442326630     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma034808q     Document Type: Article

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