Self-interactions of strands and sheets

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-50

  Banavar, Jayanth R ^a   Gonzalez, Oscar ^b   Maddocks, John H ^c   Maritan, Amos ^d,e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

^e ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Membrane; Polymer; Protein; Self avoidance; Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037210315     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021010526495     Document Type: Article

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