Polymer brushes on flat and curved substrates: Scaling concepts and computer simulations

Macromolecular Symposia

Volumn 252, Issue , 2007, Pages 47-57

  Dimitrov, Dimitar ^a,b   Milchev, Andrey ^a,c   Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cylindrical pore; Molecular dynamics; Polymer brush; Scaling theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SUBSTRATES;

CYLINDRICAL PORE; GRAFTING SURFACE; POLYMER BRUSH; SCALING THEORY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 34547201526     PISSN: 10221360     EISSN: 15213900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/masy.200750605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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