Structure and dynamics of self-assembled comb copolymers: Comparison between simulations of a generic model and neutron scattering experiments

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1695-1706

  Moreno, Angel J ^a   Arbe, Arantxa ^a   Colmenero, Juan ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAD-SPRING MODELS; CO-POLYMER SYSTEMS; COLLECTIVE DYNAMICS; COMB COPOLYMERS; COMB-LIKE; DYNAMIC ASYMMETRY; GENERIC MODELS; HOMOPOLYMERS; INTRINSIC FEATURES; MAIN CHAINS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; NEUTRON SCATTERING EXPERIMENTS; POLY(N-ALKYL METHACRYLATES); SELF-ASSEMBLED; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79952743060     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma102545n     Document Type: Article

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