Chain dimensions and scattering function of (1 → 3)-β-D-glucan simulated by the Monte Carlo method

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 395-396, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 425-435

  Kitamura, Shinichi ^a   Minami, Takao ^a   Nakamura, Yasushi ^a   Isuda, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Hisayoshi ^a,d   Mimura, Mitsuru ^b   Urakawa, Hiroshi ^b   Kajiwara, Kanji ^b   Ohno, Shigeru ^c  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KURASHIKI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND THE ARTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan; Chain dimensions; Monte carlo method; Scattering function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039972311     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1280(96)04959-7     Document Type: Article

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