Sequence effects on the forced translocation of heteropolymers through a small channel

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Gauthier, Michel G ^a   Slater, Gary W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CHARGE; MONOMERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

HETEROPOLYMER CHAINS; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; TRANSLOCATION PROBABILITY; TRANSLOCATION TIME;

POLYMER BLENDS;

NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TIME;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43149102288     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2912069     Document Type: Article

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