Triple points in solutions of polydisperse semiflexible polymers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Ghosh, K ^a   Muthukumar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUTIONS;

SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

MICROTUBULES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0642314516     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.158303     Document Type: Article

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