Structure and relaxation dynamics of polymer knots

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 381-392

  Lai, Pik Yin ^a   Sheng, Yu Jane ^b   Tsao, Heng Kwong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERS; POLYNOMIALS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

KNOT CLASSIFICATION; POLYMER DYNAMICS; TOPOLOGICAL INTERACTION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033685846     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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