On the escape transition of a tethered Gaussian chain; exact results in two conjugate ensembles

Macromolecular Symposia

Volumn 237, Issue , 2006, Pages 73-80

  Skvortsov, Alexander M ^a   Klushin, Leonid I ^b   Leermakers, Frans A M ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Macromolecules; Phase transition; Statistical theory

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREE ENERGY; MACROMOLECULES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

GAUSSIAN CHAIN; PHASE COEXISTENCE; POLYMER CHAIN; THERMODYNAMIC LIMIT;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 33744811182     PISSN: 10221360     EISSN: 15213900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/masy.200650509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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