Flory radius of polymers in a periodic field: An exact analytic theory

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-276

  Chervanyov, A I ^a   Heinrich, G ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

61.41.+e Polymers, elastomers, and plastics; 82.70.Uv Surfactants, micellar solutions, vesicles, lamellae, amphiphilic systems, (hydrophilic and hydrophobic interactions)

Indexed keywords

FLORY RADIUS; GAUSSIAN POLYMERS; GYRATION RADIUS RATIO; PERIODIC FIELDS; VESICLES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GROUND STATE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASTICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 37449006234     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2007-10237-9     Document Type: Article

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