Computational analysis of binding free energies between peptides and single-walled carbon nanotubes

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 367, Issue , 2006, Pages 293-304

  Cheng, Y ^a   Liu, G R ^a,b   Li, Z R ^a   Lu, C ^c  

^a Centre for ACES   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Binding; Free energy; Molecular dynamics; Peptides; SWCNTs

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYPEPTIDES; THERMODYNAMICS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

AROMATIC RINGS; BINDING FREE ENERGIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCNT);

BINDING ENERGY;

EID: 33747798064     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.11.033     Document Type: Article

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