Polymer brushes in cylindrical pores: Simulation versus scaling theory

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Dimitrov, D I ^a   Milchev, A ^b,c   Binder, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLVENTS;

CYLINDRICAL PORES; GRAFTING DENSITY; POLYMER BRUSHES; SCALING THEORY;

GRAFT COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33746273159     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2211615     Document Type: Article

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