Monte Carlo simulation studies of ring polymers at athermal and theta conditions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Fuereder, Ingo ^a   Zifferer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHERMAL SYSTEMS; BODY-CENTERED CUBIC; CUBIC LATTICE CHAINS; EXCLUDED VOLUME EFFECTS; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; INFINITE CHAINS; LINEAR CHAIN; LOCAL SCALE; MEAN SQUARE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RANDOM WALK; RING POLYMERS; SCALING RELATIONS; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SIMPLE CUBIC; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; THETA CONDITION;

CHAIN LENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 81155148559     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3659501     Document Type: Article

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