Polymer brushes with nanoinclusions under shear: A molecular dynamics investigation

Biomicrofluidics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Milchev, A ^a,b   Dimitrov, D I ^c   Binder, K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Bulgaria)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOOD TECHNOLOGIES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NANOPARTICLES; SHEAR FLOW; SOLVENTS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BEAD-SPRING MODELS; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; EMBEDDED NANOPARTICLES; FLEXIBLE POLYMER CHAINS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; SOLID SUBSTRATES; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 77957874163     PISSN: 19321058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3396446     Document Type: Article

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