Surface forces in solutions containing rigid polymers: Approaching the rod limit

Macromolecules

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1269-1278

  Forsman, Jan ^a   Woodward, Clifford E ^b  

^a CHEMICAL CENTER   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; STIFFNESS;

CANONICAL SIMULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; SURFACE ORDERING;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 32544447431     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma052472+     Document Type: Article

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