Off-equilibrium response of grafted polymer chains subject to a variable rate of compression

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 11757-11765

  Carlsson, T ^a   Arteca, G A ^b   Sundberg, J ^a   Elvingson, C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYMERS;

EID: 79959419263     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1cp20462a     Document Type: Article

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