Structure of bottle-brush polymers in solution: A Monte Carlo test of models for the scattering function

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 129, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Hsu, Hsiao Ping ^a   Paul, Wolfgang ^a   Binder, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUSHES; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERS; SCATTERING; SOLVENTS; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; THEOREM PROVING;

FREE ENDS; GRAFTING DENSITIES; IN HOMOGENEITIES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO TESTS; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; RADIAL DENSITY PROFILES; SCATTERING DATUMS; SCATTERING FUNCTIONS; SIDE CHAIN LENGTHS; SIDE CHAINS; SOLVENT CONDITIONS; STRUCTURE FACTORS; TOTAL SCATTERINGS;

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EID: 57149138492     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3025893     Document Type: Article

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