Observation of entropic effect on conformation changes of complex systems under well-controlled temperature conditions

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 172-175

  Wang, Xue Bin ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Wang, Lai Sheng ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLDING TRANSITION; HYDRATED CLUSTERS; KINETIC TRAPPING; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CONFORMATIONS; ENTROPY; HYDRATION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 38749111464     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp711205z     Document Type: Article

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