Polymers in linear shear flow: A numerical study

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 464-470

  Celani, A ^a   Puliafito, A ^a,c   Turitsyn, K ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b LANDAU INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

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EID: 18844395140     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10015-5     Document Type: Article

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