Propagation and relaxation of tension in stiff polymers

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Hallatschek, Oskar ^a   Frey, Erwin ^a,b   Kroy, Klaus ^a,c  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STIFFNESS; CONTOURS; DYNAMIC CROSSOVER; SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMERS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUENCHING; STIFFNESS; STRESSES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 18144424788     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.077804     Document Type: Article

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