Bulk and interfacial thermodynamics of a symmetric, ternary homopolymer-copolymer mixture: A Monte Carlo study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 8885-8901

  Muller M ^a,b   Schick, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 11644312542     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472618     Document Type: Article

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