Proof of the identity between the depletion layer thickness and half the average span for an arbitrary polymer chain

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Yanwei ^a   Hansen, Flemming Y ^a   Peters, Günther H ^a   Hassager, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER SOLUTIONS; SOLUTIONS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WAVE FUNCTIONS;

BULK STRUCTURES; CENTER-OF-MASS; CONFIGURATION SPACES; DEPLETION-LAYER THICKNESS; DILUTE POLYMER SOLUTIONS; FREE SOLUTIONS; MEAN PROJECTION; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES; POLYMER CHAINS; REFERENCE POINT; SINGLE-WALL; SPATIAL DENSITIES;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 50249103873     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2970935     Document Type: Article

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