Coil-to-stretch transition, kink formation, and efficient barrier crossing of a flexible chain

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

Volumn 63, Issue 2 I, 2001, Pages 0211151-02111510

  Lee, Seungkyun ^a   Sung, Wokyung ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREE ENERGY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS;

BARRIER CROSSING THEORY; COIL-TO-STRETCH TRANSITIONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 4244177217     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.63.021115     Document Type: Article

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