The interplay between wetting and phase behaviour in binary polymer films and wedges: Monte Carlo simulations and mean field calculations

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Muller M ^a   Binder, K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION; THIN FILMS; WETTING;

INTERFACE TENSIONS; POLYMER MIXTURES; WETTING TRANSITIONS; YOUNG'S EQUATION;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 15744375093     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/9/005     Document Type: Article

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