Brownian dynamics simulation of rigid particles of arbitrary shape in external fields

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3039-3048

  Fernandes, Miguel X ^a   De la Torre, José García ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIMULATION;

EID: 0036923838     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75309-5     Document Type: Article

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