Short cyclic structures in polymer model networks: A test of mean field approximation by monte carlo simulations

Macromolecules

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4886-4895

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

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC STRUCTURES; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; HOMOPOLYMERIZATIONS; MEAN FIELD; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; MEAN FIELD MODELS; MEAN-FIELD TREATMENTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OVERLAP CONCENTRATION; POLYMER MODELS; REACTIVE GROUP; RING STRUCTURES; SHORT CYCLE; SIMULATION DATA; STAR POLYMERS;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84862236014     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma300317z     Document Type: Article

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