Structure of polymer brushes in cylindrical tubes: A molecular dynamics simulation

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 573-583

  Dimitrov, Dimitar I ^a   Milchev, Andrey ^b,c   Binder, Kurt ^c   Heermann, Dieter W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chain; Cylindrical pore; Molecular dynamics; Polymer brush

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOMERS; SUBSTRATES;

CHAIN; CYLINDRICAL PORE; POLYMER BRUSH;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33748448464     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.200600029     Document Type: Article

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