Binary mixed homopolymer brushes grafted on nanorod particles: A self-consistent field theory study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 139, Issue 21, 2013, Pages

  Ma, Xin ^a   Yang, Yingzi ^a   Zhu, Lei ^b   Zhao, Bin ^c   Tang, Ping ^a   Qiu, Feng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAFTING DENSITIES; LINEAR HOMOPOLYMERS; MODIFIED DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES; PSEUDOSPECTRAL METHODS; RADIUS OF GYRATION; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY;

ASPECT RATIO; BENDING (FORMING); BRUSHES; CHAIN LENGTH; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANORODS; PHASE STRUCTURE; POLYMERS;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84903362531     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4832742     Document Type: Article

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