Ordered phases of filamentous viruses

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-55

  Dogic, Zvonimir ^a   Fraden, Seth ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids; Liquid crystals; Nanoparticles; Self assembly; Virus

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SELF ASSEMBLY;

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; EQUILIBRIUM PHASE BEHAVIOR; NANOPARTICLES;

VIRUSES;

BIOSENSOR; COLLOID; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIQUID; REVIEW; SUSPENSION; TRANSDUCER; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 33646118503     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2005.10.004     Document Type: Review

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