Chain length dependence of folding transition in a semiflexible homo-polymer chain: Appearance of a core-shell structure

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 461, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 42-46

  Higuchi, Yuji ^a   Sakaue, Takahiro ^b   Yoshikawa, Kenichi ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLYMERS;

CHAIN-LENGTH DEPENDENCE; CORE SHELL STRUCTURES; FOLDING TRANSITION; KUHN SEGMENTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); POLYMER CHAINS; SEMIFLEXIBLE POLYMERS; SPECIAL EMPHASIS; TRANSITION (JEL CLASSIFICATIONS:E52 ,E41 ,E31);

CHAIN LENGTH;

EID: 48149087795     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2008.06.068     Document Type: Article

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