Morphological variation in a toroid generated from a single polymer chain

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Takenaka, Y ^a   Yoshikawa, K ^a   Yoshikawa, Y ^b   Koyama, Y ^c   Kanbe, T ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagoya Bunri College   (Japan)

^c OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATIONS; PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SINGLE POLYMER CHAINS; TOROIDS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DNA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 22844452539     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1944007     Document Type: Article

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