Monte carlo simulations of polydisperse polymers grafted on spherical surfaces

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 694-705

  Dodd, Paul M ^a   Jayaraman, Arthi ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

molecular modeling; Monte Carlo simulation; nanocomposites; polydispersity; polymer grafted nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

GRAFTED CHAINS; GRAFTED LAYERS; GRAFTED POLYMERS; GRAFTING DENSITIES; MONODISPERSE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUMBER AVERAGE; POLYDISPERSE POLYMERS; POLYDISPERSES; POLYDISPERSITY INDICES; POLYMER GRAFTED NANOPARTICLES; RADIUS OF GYRATION; SCALING EXPONENT; SINGLE CHAINS; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; SPHERICAL SURFACE;

BRUSHES; CONFORMATIONS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MOLECULAR MODELING; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; SPHERES; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

POLYDISPERSITY;

EID: 84859402399     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: 10990488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.23057     Document Type: Article

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