Thermodynamics and partitioning of homopolymers into a slit-A grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3905-3913

  Jiang, Wenhua ^a   Wang, Yongmei ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POTENTIAL; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO (GCMC); POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; OSMOSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SOLUTIONS; VOLUME FRACTION;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4444293871     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1777223     Document Type: Article

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