Exact theory of kinkable elastic polymers

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Wiggins, Paul A ^a   Phillips, Rob ^b   Nelson, Philip C ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL; DEFECT STRUCTURES; SPLAY; SUSPENDED FILMS;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DISTORTION (WAVES); ELASTICITY; IONS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THIN FILMS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

BIOPOLYMER;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 41349084347     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.021909     Document Type: Article

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