Structure of Many-Arm Star Polymers: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation

Macromolecules

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 1376-1383

  Grest, Gary S ^a   Kremer, Kurt ^b   Witten, T A ^c  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b Johannes Gutenberg Universt?t Mainz   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 3843120572     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: 15205835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma00172a035     Document Type: Article

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