Formation and degradation of multicomponent multicore micelles: Insights from dissipative particle dynamics simulations

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 5428-5434

  Chen, Houyang ^a   Ruckenstein, Eli ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS SIMULATION; IRREGULAR NETWORKS; MICELLE FORMATION; MULTI-CORES; MULTICOMPONENTS; STAR-SHAPED COPOLYMER; TWO-COMPONENT;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; COPOLYMERS;

MICELLES;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MICELLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

MICELLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; POLYMERS;

EID: 84877291149     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la400033s     Document Type: Article

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