Effect of attractive interactions on the structure of polymer melts confined between surfaces: A density-functional approach

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Goel, Teena ^a   Patra, Chandra N ^a,b   Ghosh, Swapan K ^a   Mukherjee, Tulsi ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVE SURFACES; CHAIN LENGTHS; POLYMER MELTS; YUKAWA POTENTIAL;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FREE ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 21244501320     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1924451     Document Type: Article

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