Dissipative particle dynamics simulation on the meso-scale structure of diblock copolymer under cylindrical confinement

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 357-362

  Xu, J B ^a,b   Wu, H ^a,b   Lu, D Y ^a   He, X F ^a   Zhao, Y H ^a   Wen, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Block copolymer; Confinement; Dissipative particle dynamics; Meso scale simulation; Solid boundary condition

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; MESOSCALE SIMULATION; SOLID BOUNDARY CONDITION; STRUCTURE TRANSITION;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 33748542926     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: 10290435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927020600702022     Document Type: Article

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