Effect of the intermediate state on the loop-to-coil transition of a telechelic chain

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 8513-8520

  Sheng, Yu Jane ^a   Lin, Han Jou ^a   Chen, Jeff Z Y ^b   Tsao, Heng Kwong ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BONDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBABILITY; RATE CONSTANTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HARD-SPHERE CHAIN; LOOP-TO-COIL TRANSITION; OPEN-TO-CLOSED TRANSITION; TELECHELIC CHAIN; THREE-STATE MODEL;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0038476296     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1562771     Document Type: Article

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