Elasticity theory of a twisted stack of plates

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-102

  O'Hern, C S ^a   Kamien, R D ^a   Lubensky, T C ^a   Nelson, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

87.10.+e General, theoretical, and mathematical biophysics (including logic of biosystems, quantum biology, and relevant aspects of thermodynamics, information theory, cybernetics, and bionics); 87.15. v Molecular biophysics

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATIONS;

DNA;

EID: 0031617674     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510050156     Document Type: Article

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