Star polymers: A study of the structural arrest in the presence of attractive interactions

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

Volumn 70, Issue 6 1, 2004, Pages

  Lo Verso, F ^a   Reatto, L ^a   Foffi, G ^b   Tartaglia, P ^b   Dawson, K A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GLASS TRANSITION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICELLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

BROWNIAN DYNAMIC (BD); HIERARCHICAL REFERENCE THEORY (HRT); MODE-COUPLING THEORY; STAR POLYMERS (SP);

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 41349083286     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.061409     Document Type: Article

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