Physics of thick polymers

Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 650-679

  Marenduzzo, Davide ^a,b   Flammini, Alessandro ^c   Trovato, Antonio ^d   Banavar, Jayanth R ^e   Maritan, Amos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Monte carlo simulations; Phase diagrams; Proteins; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID FIBERS; GLOBULAR PROTEINS; POLYMER CHAINS; SPACE-FILLING HELICES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; GROUND STATE; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 15544372825     PISSN: 08876266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/polb.20363     Document Type: Article

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