Phase transitions within the isolated polymer molecule: Coupling of the polymer threading a membrane transition to the helix-random coil, the collapse, the adsorption, and the equilibrium polymerization transitions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 6378-6387

  Di Marzio, Edmund A ^a,b   Kasianowicz, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYMERIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

MEMBRANE TRANSITIONS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0142026527     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1603725     Document Type: Article

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