A nucleation theory of cell surface capping

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 1179-1203

  Coutsias, E A ^a   Wester, M J ^a   Perelson, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addition reactions; Aggregation; Capping; Nucleation; Phase transition; Sol gel transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031160958     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02181279     Document Type: Article

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