Folding path in a semiflexible homopolymer chain: a Brownian dynamics simulation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 854-862

  Noguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshikawa, Kenichi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; DNA; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REACTION KINETICS;

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLDING KINETICS; SEMIFLEXIBLE HOMOPOLYMER CHAIN; THERMAL AGITATION; TOROIDAL MORPHOLOGY;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034224554     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.481861     Document Type: Article

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