Loop formation of a flexible polymer with two random reactive sites

Macromolecules

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 9257-9263

  Sheng, Yu Jane ^a   Hsu, Pei Hsien ^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; DNA; ENTROPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; RATE CONSTANTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTROPY LOSS; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; LOOP FORMATION;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 10044220912     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma049388z     Document Type: Article

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