On the structure of star-polymer networks

Macromolecules

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 9464-9472

  Schwenke, K ^a,b   Lang, M ^a   Sommer, J U ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; PHANTOMS;

BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL; NETWORK STRUCTURES; ORDER PARAMETER; OVERLAP CONCENTRATION; PAIR CORRELATIONS; POLYMER NETWORKS; SCATTERING FUNCTIONS; VECTOR ORDER PARAMETER;

POLYMERS;

EID: 82955168970     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma202022q     Document Type: Article

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