The influence of the carbon nanotube on the structural and dynamical properties of cholesterol cluster

Biomolecular Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 572-576

  Raczyński, Przemysław ^a   Dawid, Aleksander ^a   Sokół, Mariusz ^a   Gburski, Zygmunt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Cholesterol; Cholesterol cluster; Computer simulation; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

CHOLESTEROL CLUSTER; CHOLESTEROL MOLECULES; SINGLE WALLED ARMCHAIR;

CHOLESTEROL;

CARBON NANOTUBE; CHOLESTEROL; MOLECULAR LAYER;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CHOLESTEROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36249029899     PISSN: 13890344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioeng.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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