Phase behaviour of globular protein and flexible polymer in an aqueous medium

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Yu, M ^a   De Swaan Arons, J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Phase behaviour; Polymer; Protein; Statistical mechanics; Theory

Indexed keywords

LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

FLUID-FLUID EQUILIBRIA; FLUID-FLUID SOLID EQUILIBRIA; FLUID-SOLID EQUILIBRIA;

PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EID: 0030169669     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3812(95)02863-3     Document Type: Article

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