Polymer collapse in miscible good solvents is a generic phenomenon driven by preferential adsorption

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mukherji, Debashish ^a   Marques, Carlos M ^a,b   Kremer, Kurt ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); POLYMER;

ADSORPTION; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; SOLVENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRUG INDUSTRY; MACROMOLECULE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SIMULATION; THEORY;

EID: 84921375862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5882     Document Type: Article

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