Phase behavior of semiflexible polymer chains

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Padmanabhan, Venkat ^a   Kumar, Sanat K ^a   Yethiraj, Arun ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE BEHAVIOR;

CHAIN MONOMERS; SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMER CHAINS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 41549147763     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2842135     Document Type: Article

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