Dynamics and scaling of polymers in a dilute solution: Analytical treatment in two and higher dimensions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Punkkinen, O ^a,b   Falck, E ^a,b   Vattulainen, I ^a,b   Ala Nissila, T ^a,c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Finland)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE SYSTEMS; POLYMER SOLUTION; POLYMER SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FABRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; RESONANCE; SOLVENTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 22944457523     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1855876     Document Type: Article

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