Free energy surfaces from single-molecule force spectroscopy

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 504-513

  Hummer, Gerhard ^a   Szabo, Attila ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Chemical Physics   (United States)

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EID: 23744478437     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar040148d     Document Type: Article

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