New numerical implementation of self-consistent field theory for semiflexible polymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 6300-6309

  Song, Wendi ^a   Tang, Ping ^a   Zhang, Hongdong ^a   Yang, Yuliang ^a   Shi, An Chang ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCLUDED-VOLUME INTERACTIONS; FINITE VOLUME; LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; ONSAGER; ORIENTATION DEGREE; REAL-SPACE; ROD-COIL DIBLOCK; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; SELF-ASSEMBLY; SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMERS; SMECTIC C; SMECTIC PHASIS; SPECTRAL METHODS; TRIANGULAR MESHES; WORMLIKE CHAIN;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SPECTROSCOPY;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 68949181922     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9007412     Document Type: Article

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