Organized condensation of worm-like chains

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-243

  Schiessel, H ^a   Rudnick, J ^a   Bruinsma, R ^a   Gelbart, W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0034636652     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2000-00536-9     Document Type: Article

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