Coupling of isotropic and directional interactions and its effect on phase separation and self-assembly

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Audus, Debra J ^a   Starr, Francis W ^b   Douglas, Jack F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FRACTAL DIMENSION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MEAN FIELD THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLVENTS;

AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; CLUSTER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DIRECTIONAL INTERACTIONS; EFFECTIVE INTERACTIONS; EXCLUDED-VOLUME INTERACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; ISOTROPIC INTERACTION; MEAN-FIELD CALCULATIONS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

CHEMICAL MODEL; ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84958999045     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4941454     Document Type: Article

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