The role of local conformations in the stretching of a poly(ethylene oxide) chain in solution

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 6656-6663

  Bedrov, Dmitry ^a   Smith, Grant D ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARAFFINS; WATER;

ELASTIC RESPONSE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; TRIDECANE;

POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

EID: 0037623208     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1557491     Document Type: Article

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