Spinodal decomposition in a binary polymer mixture: Dynamic self-consistent-field theory and Monte Carlo simulations
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1063-651X,1095-3787
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.64.041804