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Selected Works of William MacKnight
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Interpenetration of interacting coils in polymer monolayers
Polymer Communications (1987)
  • William MacKnight, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • P. Cifra
  • F. E. Karasz
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Abstract
Monte Carlo simulations demonstrate that in two-dimensional binary systems of interacting chains, such as in miscible polymer blends, interpenetration of the chains and expansion occurs. Both these observations differ from available results for single component melts in two dimensions. 
Keywords
  • Monte Carlo simulations,
  • reptation,
  • polymer monolayers
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Publication Date
1987
Citation Information
William MacKnight, P. Cifra and F. E. Karasz. "Interpenetration of interacting coils in polymer monolayers" Polymer Communications Vol. 28 (1987) p. 180 - 182
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william_macknight/149/