Coil-globule transition for a polymer chain confined in a tube: a Monte Carlo simulation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 6966-6973

  Sotta, P ^a   Lesne, A ^b   Victor, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PORE SIZE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

COIL GLOBULE TRANSITION; FLORY PARAMETER; MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; PAIR INTERACTION MODEL; SELF AVOIDING WALK;

GRAFT COPOLYMERS;

EID: 0034292726     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1310617     Document Type: Article

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