Polymer-particle mixtures: Depletion and packing effects

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 9335-9342

  Doxastakis, M ^a   Chen, Y L ^a   Guzman O ^a   De Pablo, J J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; LENNARD-JONES (LJ) INTERACTIONS; NANOPARTICLES (NP); POLYDISPERSITY;

ALGORITHMS; COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MELTING; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS;

MIXTURES;

EID: 2942592303     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1704634     Document Type: Article

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