New orientationally ordered phases of a homopolymer

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 336-341

  Kuznetsov, Yu A ^a   Timoshenko, E G ^a   Dawson, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 33645713517     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.470832     Document Type: Article

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