Collapse of homopolymer chains with two fixed terminals

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 7534-7542

  Xue, Bin ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Wang, Wei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROTEINS; SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLIDS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASPHERICITY INDEX; GYRATION; HOMOPOLYMER CHAINS; LINDEMANN INDEX; THERMAL UNFOLDING;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0142211225     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1605732     Document Type: Article

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