Partial Collapse and Reswelling of a Polymer in the Critical Demixing Region of Good Solvents

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.067801

Title: Partial Collapse and Reswelling of a Polymer in the Critical Demixing Region of Good Solvents

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Authors:: He, Lilin; Cheng, Gang; Melnichenko, Yuri B.

Publication Date:: 2012-08-07

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1103088

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 109; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    He, Lilin, Cheng, Gang, and Melnichenko, Yuri B. Partial Collapse and Reswelling of a Polymer in the Critical Demixing Region of Good Solvents.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
        Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.067801.

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                    He, Lilin, Cheng, Gang, & Melnichenko, Yuri B. Partial Collapse and Reswelling of a Polymer in the Critical Demixing Region of Good Solvents.  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.067801.

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        "Partial Collapse and Reswelling of a Polymer in the Critical Demixing Region of Good Solvents".  United States.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.067801.

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  title        = {Partial Collapse and Reswelling of a Polymer in the Critical Demixing Region of Good Solvents},

  author       = {He, Lilin and Cheng, Gang and Melnichenko, Yuri B.},

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  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.067801},

  journal      = {Physical Review Letters},

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  volume       = 109,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2012},

  month        = {8}

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