Localization of polymers in a finite medium with fixed random obstacles

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-359

  Goldschmidt, Y Y ^a   Shiferaw, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

05.40. a fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion; 36.20.Ey conformation (statistics and dynamics); 64.60.Cn order disorder transformations; statistical mechanics of model systems; 75.10.Nr spin glass and other random models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043236251     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10051-002-8926-z     Document Type: Article

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