Polymer size in dilute solutions in the good-solvent regime

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Caracciolo, Sergio ^a   Mognetti, Bortolo Matteo ^a   Pelissetto, Andrea ^b,c  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTRAPOLATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

DILUTE SOLUTIONS; GYRATION; POLYMER SIZE; THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 33748539425     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2339015     Document Type: Article

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