Metastable intermediates in the condensation of semiflexible polymers

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Schnurr, B ^a,b   Gittes, F ^a,c   MacKintosh, F C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DYNAMICAL SIMULATIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

ANNEALING; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; CONFORMATIONS; SOLVENTS;

POLYMERS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 41349090539     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.061904     Document Type: Article

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