Theoretical determination of the strength of soft noncovalent molecular bonds

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

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Chen, Hsuan Yi ^a   Chu, Yi Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FRICTION; DYNAMIC FORCE SPECTROSCOPY (DFS); LINEAR THEORY; MOLECULAR BONDS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LINEARIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

BIOPOLYMER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROMANIPULATION; PROCEDURES; STIMULATION;

BINDING SITES; BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 41349122825     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.71.010901     Document Type: Article

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