The colloidal force of bead-spring chains in a good solvent

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  McCoy, John D ^a   Curro, John G ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); POLYMER CHAINS; SURFACE COVERAGE; WALL SEPARATIONS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SEPARATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 21244446660     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1884113     Document Type: Article

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