Low-energy states of a semiflexible polymer chain with attraction and the whip-toroid transitions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Ishimoto, Y ^a   Kikuchi, N ^b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CONFORMATIONS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION;

CONFORMATION PARAMETER; HOMOPOLYMER; TOROIDS; WHIP TOROID TRANSITIONS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33747624179     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2335455     Document Type: Article

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