Escape transition of a polymer chain: Phenomenological theory and Monte Carlo simulations

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2083-2091

  Milchev, A ^a,b   Yamakov, V ^b   Binder, K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033136136     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a809795j     Document Type: Article

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