Primitive path networks generated by annealing and geometrical methods: Insights into differences

Macromolecules

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2897-2903

  Shanbhag, Sachin ^a,b   Kröger, Martin ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL METHODS; LINEAR POLYMERS; RING POLYMERS;

ANNEALING; DISPERSIONS; MELTING; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; RAPID QUENCHING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 34247626799     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma062457k     Document Type: Article

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