Spherical brushes within spherical cavities: A self-consistent field and Monte Carlo study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 131, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Cerd̀, Juan J ^a   Sintes, Tomás ^b   Toral, Raúl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUSH PROPERTIES; CAVITY PRESSURE; CHAIN DENSITY; FLORY THEORY; FLORY'S THEORY; LATTICE MONTE CARLO; MC SIMULATION; MEAN FIELD APPROACH; MONOMER DENSITY; MONTE CARLO STUDY; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SCALE RELATIONSHIP; SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD; SPHERICAL BRUSHES; SPHERICAL CAVITIES;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPHERES;

SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRESSURE;

MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMERS; PRESSURE;

EID: 70350437404     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3238568     Document Type: Article

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