Polymer chain in a good solvent between attracting walls. A scaling approach

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3801-3812

  Allegra, Giuseppe ^a   Colombo, Emanuele ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

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EID: 33645826395     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472201     Document Type: Article

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