On the conformational structure of a stiff homopolymer

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3744-3752

  Kuznetsov, Yu A ^a   Timoshenko, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 0001585212     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479655     Document Type: Article

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