Multiscale coarse graining of diblock copolymer self-assembly: From monomers to ordered micelles

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Pierleoni, Carlo ^a   Addison, Chris ^b   Hansen, Jean Pierre ^b   Krakoviack, Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING; COARSE-GRAINING STRATEGY; MICROSCOPIC LATTICE MODEL;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICELLES; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33645498702     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.128302     Document Type: Article

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