Effects of compositional asymmetry in phase behavior of ABA triblock copolymer melts from Monte Carlo simulation

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-350

  Woloszczuk S ^a   Banaszak, M ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS;

ABA TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER; ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; B DOMAINS; COOPERATIVE MOTION; LATTICE MONTE CARLO; MEAN-FIELD; ORDER-DISORDER TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

1,4 POLYISOPRENE; 1,4-POLYISOPRENE; HEMITERPENE; LATEX; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMITERPENES; LATEX; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYSTYRENES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79953294384     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2010-10680-5     Document Type: Article

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