Characteristic length scales and radial monomer density profiles of molecular bottle-brushes: Simulation and experiment

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1592-1601

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

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; CONCENTRATION FLUCTUATION; EXCLUDED VOLUME; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; GAUSSIANS; GRAFTING DENSITIES; GYRATION RADII; LENGTH SCALE; MONOMER DENSITY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ONE CHAIN; PERFECT MATCHES; PERSISTENCE LENGTH; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; SCALING THEORIES; SIDE CHAIN LENGTHS; SIDE CHAINS; SIMPLE-CUBIC LATTICES; SOLVENT CONDITIONS; STRUCTURE FACTORS; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION; TOTAL SCATTERING;

BOTTLES; BRUSHES; CHAIN LENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRIMERS; EXPERIMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

MONOMERS;

EID: 76149105180     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma902101n     Document Type: Article

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