Reliable low-cost theoretical procedures for studying addition- fragmentation in RAFT polymerization

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2486-2492

  Izgorodina, Ekaterina I ^a   Coote, Michelle L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

CORE SYSTEMS; RELATIVE ERRORS;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 33644898116     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp055158q     Document Type: Article

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