Confined space and effective interactions of multiple self-avoiding chains

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Jun, Suckjoon ^a,c   Arnold, Axel ^a   Ha, Bae Yeun ^b  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; FREE ENERGY; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS;

CONFINED POLYMERS; EUKARYOTIC CHROMOSOMES; SELF AVOIDING CHAINS; SPHERICAL CAVITY;

PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;

EID: 33947603724     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.128303     Document Type: Article

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