Density of states for a short overlapping-bead polymer: Clues to a mechanism for helix formation?

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

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Magee, James E ^a   Lue, Leo ^a   Curtis, Robin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; FORMING; MONOMERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BULK SYSTEMS; DENSITIES OF STATES; DENSITY OF STATES; FIRST-ORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS; HELICAL STRUCTURES; HELIX FORMATION; MAGIC NUMBERS; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; PENTAMERS; SHORT-CHAIN MOLECULES; TETRAMERS;

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EID: 52649085848     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.031803     Document Type: Article

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