Effect of the coil-globule transition on the free-energy barrier for intrachain crystal nucleation

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3734-3737

  Hu, W B ^a,b   Frenkel, D ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALS; FREE ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROTEINS;

COIL-GLOBULE TRANSITIONS; CRITICAL DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; FREE-ENERGY BARRIERS;

NUCLEATION;

EID: 33644898107     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp056679g     Document Type: Article

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