Structural transitions in biomolecules - A numerical comparison of twoapproaches for the study of phase transitions in small systems

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-29

  Alves, Nelson A ^a   Hansmann, Ulrich H E ^b   Peng, Yong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical exponents; Helix coil transition; Partition function zeros; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULE; PHASE TRANSITION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ZEROS;

EID: 0001851117     PISSN: 14220067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/i3010017     Document Type: Article

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