Excess free energy of nanoparticles in a polymer brush

Polymer

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3611-3618

  Milchev, A ^a,b   Dimitrov, D I ^a   Binder, K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Free energy; Monte Carlo; Nanocolloids; Nanoinclusions; Polymer brush

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; BUOYANCY; DENDRIMERS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOPARTICLES;

DIRECT DETERMINATION; EXCESS FREE ENERGY; INSERTION METHODS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; NANO INCLUSION; NANO-COLLOIDS; POLYMER BRUSHES; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

FREE ENERGY;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE;

EID: 48349083726     PISSN: 00323861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2008.04.032     Document Type: Review

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