Behavior of a polymer chain immersed in a binary mixture of solvents

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Sumi, Tomonari ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuhiko ^b   Sekino, Hideo ^b  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HAMILTONIANS; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLVENTS;

LIQUID-LIQUID PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER-SOLVENT ADMIXTURES;

BINARY MIXTURES;

EID: 36048937922     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2793778     Document Type: Article

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