Polymer desorption under pulling: A dichotomic phase transition

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Rostiashvili, V G ^a   Milchev, A ^a,b   Vilgis, T A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED POLYMERS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CRITICAL ADSORPTIONS; DEGREE OF INTERACTIONS; GRAND CANONICAL ENSEMBLES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; PHASE STATE; POLYMER ADSORPTIONS; POLYMER DESORPTIONS; PULLING FORCES; SELF-AVOIDING POLYMERS; STRUCTURAL UNITS; THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS;

ADSORPTION; DESORPTION; LOCOMOTIVES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERS; RAILROAD CARS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 65349107706     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.030802     Document Type: Article

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