Colloids in brushes: The insertion free energy via monte carlo simulation with umbrella sampling

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3511-3520

  Ermilov, V ^a   Lazutin, A ^a   Halperin, A ^b  

^a A N NESMEYANOV INSTITUTE OF ORGANOELEMENT COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

^b LIPHY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FREE ENERGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONOMERS;

COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; ENERGY PENALTIES; INSERTION PENALTY; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN ADSORPTION; SURFACE DEPLETION; UMBRELLA SAMPLING;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77951595283     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9027273     Document Type: Article

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