Interacting chain model for poly(ethylene glycol) from first principles - Stretching of a single molecule using the transfer matrix approach

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1404-1416

  Livadaru, L ^a   Netz, R R ^b,c   Kreuzer, H J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HAMILTONIANS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

GIBBS ENSEMBLE; HELMHOLTZ PARTITION FUNCTION; INTERACTING CHAIN MODEL; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 0037439826     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1528913     Document Type: Article

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