Excluded volume in solvation: Sensitivity of scaled-particle theory to solvent size and density

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2222-2234

  Tang, Karen E S ^a   Bloomfield, Victor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SOLVENT; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ENERGY; MACROMOLECULE; OSMOLARITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SOLUBILITY; SOLVATION; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033746785     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76470-8     Document Type: Article

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