Structural transformation in the collapse transition of the single flexible homopolymer model

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3686-3690

  Hu, Wenbing ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0000903584     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.476965     Document Type: Article

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