Formation of polymer brushes inside cylindrical pores: A computer simulation study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Koutsioubas, Alexandros G ^a,b   Spiliopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Anastassopoulos, Dimitris L ^a   Vradis, Alexandros A ^a   Toprakcioglu, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND FLUCTUATION; CYLINDRICAL PORES; DIFFERENT MODES; DILUTE SOLUTION; FORMATION PROCESS; FREE POLYMERS; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRAFTING DENSITIES; GRAFTING-TO; INNER SURFACES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POLYMER BRUSHES; PORE DIAMETERS; PORE SURFACE; POROUS MEMBRANES; RADIUS OF GYRATION;

ADSORPTION; BRUSHES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 68249124749     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3179686     Document Type: Article

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