Equilibrium thermodynamics of homopolymers and clusters: Molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations of systems with square-well interactions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 10691-10708

  Zhou, Yaoqi ^a   Karplus, Martin ^a   Wichert, John M ^b   Hall, Carol K ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

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EID: 0001015060     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.474186     Document Type: Article

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