Phase diagram of a mixed polymer brush

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Muller M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICELLES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLVENTS; STABILIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

GAUSSIAN CHAINS; HOMOPOLYMERS; INTERACTION ENERGIES; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY (SCFT);

POLYMERS;

EID: 41349122639     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.030802     Document Type: Article

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