Stability of thin polymer films: Influence of solvents

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3816-3828

  Lin, Yu Cheng ^a   Müller, Marcus ^a   Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ANGLE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLVENTS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WETTING;

INTERFACE TENSIONS; MONOMERIC SOLVENTS; POLYMER-VAPOR INTERFACE; REENTRANT WETTING;

PLASTIC FILMS;

EID: 4444318775     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1776555     Document Type: Article

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