Monte Carlo simulations of self-assembling star-block copolymers in dilute solutions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 81-89

  Patti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical micellar concentration; Micellization; Self assembly; Star block copolymers

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPOLYMERIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AGGREGATION NUMBERS; CRITICAL MICELLAR CONCENTRATION; CRITICAL MICELLAR CONCENTRATIONS; DILUTE SOLUTION; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LENGTH RATIO; MICELLAR PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SELECTIVE SOLVENTS; SELF-ASSEMBLING; SOLVOPHOBIC; SPHERICAL AGGREGATES; SPONTANEOUS AGGREGATION; STAR-BLOCK COPOLYMERS; THERMODYNAMIC FRAMEWORK; VERY LOW TEMPERATURES;

MICELLIZATION;

COPOLYMER; SOLVENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DILUTION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICELLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVENT EFFECT; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77952319493     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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