Flexible ring polymers in an obstacle environment: Molecular theory of linear viscoelasticity

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Iyer, Balaji V S ^a,b   Lele, Ashish K ^a   Juvekar, Vinay A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; VISCOELASTICITY;

BRANCHED POLYMERS; MOLECULAR THEORY; RING POLYMERS; TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33748266673     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.021805     Document Type: Article

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