Effect of topology on the conformations of ring polymers

Macromolecules

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 7642-7648

  Lang, M ^a   Fischer, J ^a,b   Sommer, J U ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; BOND FLUCTUATION METHODS; CORRELATION LENGTHS; CRITICAL LENGTH; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; LINEAR CHAIN; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; RING POLYMERS; RING SIZES; SEMIDILUTE SOLUTIONS; SIMULATION DATA; TOPOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

POLYNOMIALS; TOPOLOGY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84866718835     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma300942a     Document Type: Article

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