Entropic trapping of a flexible polymer in a fixed network of random obstacles

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1778-1781

  Chern, Shyh Shi ^a   Coalson, Rob D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0001701155     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479439     Document Type: Article

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