Hard-surface effects in polymer self-consistent field calculations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Meng, Dong ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER SEGMENTAL DENSITY; SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ENTROPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POLYMER MELTS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

EID: 34547367493     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2740633     Document Type: Article

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