Polymer knot confined in a tube: Statics and relaxation dynamics

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

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Sheng, Yu Jane ^a   Cheng, Kuang Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DNA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TUBES (COMPONENTS);

KNOTTED POLYMERS; LINEAR FLEXIBLE POLYMER CHAINS; RELAXATION DYNAMICS; STATICS DYNAMICS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 41349114191     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.011801     Document Type: Article

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