Equilibration and coarse-graining methods for polymers

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 704, Issue , 2006, Pages 419-448

  Theodorou, D N ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 34047219213     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-35284-8_16     Document Type: Article

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