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Computer simulation of macromolecular materials

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Computer simulation of model systems with Monte Carlo methods enables the detailed study of structure and thermodynamic properties of these systems and thus constitutes a link between analytic theory and experiment. Typical applications that are discussed include polymer blends, dynamics of local motions in polymer melts, and the adsorption of polymers on walls.

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    Present address: Institut für Physik, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany

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    Invited talk at the Tagung der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft (DPG), Fachausschuß Polymerphysik, Hamburg, March 14–16, 1988.

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    Binder, K. Computer simulation of macromolecular materials. Colloid & Polymer Sci 266, 871–885 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01410842

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