Molecular description of the collapse of hydrophobic polymer chains in water

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4449-4452

  Livadaru, Lucian ^a   Kovalenko, Andriy ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREE ENERGY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYETHYLENES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLVENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; HYDROPHOBIC POLYMER CHAINS; POLAR SOLVENTS; POLYMER-SOLVENT SYSTEM;

COPOLYMERS;

EID: 4544293469     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1789916     Document Type: Article

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