Coarse-graining intramolecular hydrodynamic interaction in dilute solutions of flexible polymers

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Prabhakar, R ^a   Sevick, E M ^a   Williams, D R M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

COARSE GRAINING; DILUTE SOLUTIONS; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; HOMOPOLYMER MOLECULES;

MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS;

EID: 34547615366     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.011809     Document Type: Article

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