Microphase separation of star-diblock copolymer melts studied by dissipative particle dynamics simulation

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-383

  Xu, Y ^a   Feng, J ^a,b   Liu, H ^a   Hu, Y ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dissipative particle dynamics; Microphase separation; Root mean square radius; Star diblock copolymer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICELLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION;

DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS (DPD); PERFORATED LAMELLAS (PL); ROOT MEAN SQUARE RADIUS OF GYRATION (RMSGR); STAR DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33748539355     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020600765003     Document Type: Article

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