Effect of finite extensibility on the equilibrium chain size

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 414-420

  Miao, Bing ^a   Vilgis, Thomas A ^a   Poggendorf, Stefanie ^b   Sadowski, Gabriele ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite extensibility effect; Hydrogels; Networks; Single chain statistics; Swelling

Indexed keywords

CHAIN EXTENSION; CHAIN SIZE; CONTOUR LENGTHS; CROSS-LINKED HYDROGELS; EFFECTIVE POTENTIALS; FINITE EXTENSIBILITY; FINITE-EXTENSIBILITY EFFECT; GAUSSIANS; HARMONIC SPRINGS; NETWORKS; NON-GAUSSIAN; SINGLE POLYMER CHAINS; SINGLE-CHAIN STATISTICS; STRETCHING ENERGY;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 77957202871     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.201000009     Document Type: Article

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