Structure of short polymers at interfaces: A combined simulation and theoretical study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4865-4873

  Goel, Teena ^a   Patra, Chandra N ^a   Ghosh, Swapan K ^a   Mukherjee, Tulsi ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; VECTORS;

ATOMIC FLUIDS; DIRECT CORRELATION FUNCTION (DCF); OSCILLATORY DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POLYMER REFERENCE INTERACTION SITE MODEL (PRISM) THEORY;

INORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 4544325522     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1780153     Document Type: Article

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