Dynamics of polymer knots at equilibrium

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

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Lai, Pik Yin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MACROMOLECULES; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBABILITY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOLVENTS; TOPOLOGY;

BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL (BFM); COLLISION PROBABILITY; EQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS; SOLVENT MOLECULES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 41349095628     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.66.021805     Document Type: Article

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