Molecular dynamics simulations of grafted layers of bottle-brush polyelectrolytes

Langmuir

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 18374-18381

  Carrillo, Jan Michael Y ^a   Dobrynin, Andrey V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTLE-BRUSH MACROMOLECULES; COUNTERION CONDENSATION; DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION; GRAFTED LAYERS; GRAFTING DENSITIES; LAYER THICKNESS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MULTISCALE PROCESS; SIDE CHAINS;

BOTTLES; CONDENSATION; DENDRIMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

BRUSHES;

EID: 78650251415     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la103229u     Document Type: Article

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