Single-polymer dynamics: Coil-stretch transition in a random flow

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-227

  Gerashchenko, S ^a   Chevallard, C ^a,b   Steinberg, V ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 22544473019     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10087-1     Document Type: Article

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